Passage Research
Isaiah 14 — Sermon Preparation
Israel's restoration and the taunt-song over the king of Babylon are followed by a brief oracle against Philistia. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 32
- verses
- 376 / 225
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 6 | nation, a Gentile |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 4 | mass, army |
| שְׁאוֹל | shᵉʼôwl | H7585 | 3 | hades, retreat |
| יָעַץ | yâʻats | H3289 | 3 | advise, deliberate |
| קוּם | qûwm | H6965 | 4 | rise |
| הָרַג | hârag | H2026 | 3 | smite |
| שָׁבַר | shâbar | H7665 | 3 | burst |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XIV Israel shall be delivered from the Babylonish captivity, their triumph over Babylon, ver. 1-13. God's purpose against Assyria, ver. 14-27. Palestina threatened, ver. 28-32. 1. Chuse - Will renew his choice of them; for he had rejected them. 2. Rule - Which they literally did, after their return into their own land. But this was more eminently verified in a spiritual sense, in the days of the gospel. 4. Golden city - As they used to call themselves; which therefore he expresses here in a word of their own language. 6. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 14:1–32 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zaphon 2— Isa 14:13
- Babylon 1— Isa 14:22
- Assyria— Isa 14:25
- Philistia— Isa 14:29
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