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Isaiah 26 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 26, 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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Isaiah 26 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 4 sit, dwell
צַדִּיק tsaddîyq H6662 3 just
שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm H7965 3 safe, well
פָּקַד pâqad H6485 3 visit, oversee
זֵכֶר zêker H2143 2 memento, recollection
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 3 nation, a Gentile
שָׁפֵל shâphêl H8213 2 depress, sink

How preachers through history handled this text

10 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 5 Alexander MacLaren 3 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“THE INHABITANT OF THE ROCK Thou wilt keep him In perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.'--ISAIAH xxvi. 3-4. There is an obvious parallel between these verses and the two preceding ones. The safety which was there set forth as the result of dwelling in the strong city is here presented as the consequence of trust. The emblem of the fortified place passes into that of the Rock of Ages. …”

— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 26:3–30 (Public Domain)

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