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Isaiah 14 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Ambrose 1 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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