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Isaiah 15 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 15, 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
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 15 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 8 | Moab |
| בְּכִי | Bᵉkîy | H1065 | 3 | weeping, dripping |
| דִּימוֹן | Dîymôwn | H1775 | 2 | Dimon |
| יְלָלָה | yᵉlâlâh | H3215 | 2 | howling |
| זַעַק | zaʻaq | H2201 | 2 | shriek, outcry |
| יָלַל | yâlal | H3213 | 2 | howl, yell |
| דָּמָה | dâmâh | H1820 | 2 | be dumb, silent |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter, and that which follows it, are the burden of Moab--a prophecy of some great desolation that was coming upon that country, which bordered upon this land of Israel, and had often been injurious and vexatious to it, though the Moabites were descended from Lot, Abraham's kinsman and companion, and though the Israelites, by the appointment of God, had spared them when they might both easily and justly have cut them off with their neighbours. In this chapter we have, I. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 15:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ar — Isa 15:1
- Kir 2 — Isa 15:1
- Moab 1 — Isa 15:1
- Dibon 1 — Isa 15:2
- Medeba — Isa 15:2
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