King James Version
Isaiah 38:6 in the King James Version says “And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.”
Isaiah 38:6 · KJV
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun
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“out of the hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thee and this city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thee and this city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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