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Isaiah 10 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁאָר | shᵉʼâr | H7605 | 5 | remainder |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 5 | mass, army |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 6 | hand, open |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| רוּם | rûwm | H7311 | 4 | elevation, elation |
| מַטֶּה | maṭṭeh | H4294 | 4 | branch, extending |
| נוּף | nûwph | H5130 | 3 | quiver, vibrate |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“LIGHT OR FIRE? And the Light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.'--ISAIAH x. 17. With grand poetry the prophet pictures the Assyrian power as a forest consumed like thistles and briers by the fire of God. The text suggests solemn truths about the divine Nature and its manifestations. I. The Essential Character of God. Light and Holiness are substantially parallel. Light symbolises purity, but also knowledge and joy. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 10:17–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Isa 10:10
- Samaria 1 — Isa 10:10
- Assyria — Isa 10:12
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