Isaiah 14 · Verse 28

Isaiah 14:28

In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isaiah 14:28, King James Version

Isaiah 14:28 in other translations

BSBIn the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
WEBThis burden was in the year that King Ahaz died.
ASVIn the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
YLTIn the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
DARBYIn the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
BBEIn the year of the death of King Ahaz this word came to the prophet:
WebsterIn the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

What does Isaiah 14:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
28. In ... year ... Ahaz died--726 B.C. Probably it was in this year that the Philistines threw off the yoke put on them by Uzziah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden - Uzziah had subdued the Philistines, 2Chr 26:6, 2Chr 26:7; but, taking advantage of the weak reign of Ahaz, they invaded Judea, and took, and held in possession, some cities in the southern part of the kingdom. On the death of Ahaz, Isaiah delivers this prophecy, threatening them with the destruction that Hezekiah, his son, and great-grandson of Uzziah, should bring upon them: which he effected; for "he smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof," 2Kgs 18:8. Uzziah, therefore, must be meant by the rod that smote them, and by the serpent from whom should spring the flying fiery serpent, Isa 14:29, that is, Hezekiah, a much more terrible enemy than even Uzziah had been. The Targum renders the twenty-ninth verse in a singular way. "For, from the sons of Jesse shall come forth the Messiah; and his works among you shall be as the flying serpent."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 14:28-32
Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more terrible to them than Uzziah had been. Instead of rejoicing, there would be lamentation, for the whole land would be ruined. Such destruction will come upon the proud and rebellious, but the Lord founded Zion for a refuge to poor sinners, who flee from the wrath to come, and trust in his mercy through Christ Jesus. Let us tell all around of our comforts and security, and exhort them to seek the same refuge and salvation.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Isaiah 14:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַת\־bish.nat-in [the] year ofH8141
מ֖וֹתMot[the] death ofH4194
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אָחָ֑ז'a.ChazAhazH271
הָיָ֖הha.Yahit cameH1961
הַמַּשָּׂ֥אha.ma.Sa'the oracleH4853
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 14:28

  • 2 Kings 16:20

    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:27

    And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

  • Isaiah 13:1

    The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3278. B.C. 726.
6:1; 2Ki 16:20; 2Ch 28:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 14:27

    For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • Isaiah 14:28

    In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

  • Isaiah 14:29

    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.

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Isaiah 14:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el año que murió el rey Achâz fué esta carga:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*L’année de la mort du roi Achaz, fut prononcé cet oracle:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im Todesjahre des Königs Ahas geschah dieser Ausspruch:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In anno quo mortuus est rex Achaz, factum est onus istud: