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Isaiah 21 — Sermon Preparation
Three brief oracles warn Babylon, Edom (Dumah), and the tribes of Arabia of coming destruction and the watchman's grim answer. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 202 / 134
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רֶכֶב | rekeb | H7393 | 4 | vehicle, team |
| לַיִל | layil | H3915 | 4 | twist, night |
| אָתָה | ʼâthâh | H857 | 3 | arrive |
| מַשָּׂא | massâʼ | H4853 | 3 | burden, tribute |
| קֶשֶׁב | qesheb | H7182 | 2 | hearkening |
| בָּעָה | bâʻâh | H1158 | 2 | gush, swell |
| עֲרָב | ʻĂrâb | H6152 | 2 | Arab, Arabia |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXI The prophet's fear and trouble at his vision of Babylon's ruin, the Medes and Persians, ver. 1-4. He mocketh Babel, ver. 5-9. Edom scorning the prophet is called to repentance, ver. 11, 12. The time of Arab's calamity set, ver. 13-17. 1. The plain - Of Babylon, which lay in a very plain country. And the title of the sea might well be given to the waters of Babylon, because of the great plenty and multitude of them. South - In those parts which lay southward from Judea, where there were many and great deserts. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 21:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Isa 21:1
- Negeb— Isa 21:1
- Dumah 2— Isa 21:11
- Mount Seir 1— Isa 21:11
- Arabia 1— Isa 21:13
- Dedan— Isa 21:13
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