King James Version
Isaiah 14:28 in the King James Version says “In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.”
Isaiah 14:28 · KJV
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. cockatrice: or, adder
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“died”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“was this burden”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
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