2 Kings 19:31 Meaning and Explanation
“For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →From Jerusalem and Zion a remnant will go out, accomplished by the zeal of the LORD of hosts.
What Does 2 Kings 19:31 Mean?
The promise widens. From Jerusalem a remnant will go forth, and survivors will come out from Mount Zion. Then the source of it all is named: the zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. The deliverance and the renewal are not the achievement of the people but the passion of their God.
Zeal here means God's burning, jealous commitment to His own, a love that will not let His people perish. The remnant survives not by its own strength, which the chapter has shown to be small, but because the LORD of hosts is fervently determined to save it. This is the surest ground of hope: that our preservation rests on God's own zeal. What His heart is set upon, His mighty hand will surely bring to pass.
2 Kings 19:31 in the Original Language
qin'ah (קִנְאָה), 'zeal' -- burning, jealous devotion; God's fervent commitment to His people that drives Him to act for their salvation.
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What does 2 Kings 19:31 mean?
From Jerusalem and Zion a remnant will go out, accomplished by the zeal of the LORD of hosts.