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Isaiah 28 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 28, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Isaiah 28 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
קַו qav H6957 9 cord, measuring
צַו tsav H6673 8 injunction
זְעֵיר zᵉʻêyr H2191 4 small
שָׁטַף shâṭaph H7857 4 gush, inundate
כַּמֹּן kammôn H3646 3 'cummin', condiment
קֶצַח qetsach H7100 3 fennel-flower, pungency
שָׁגָה shâgâh H7686 3 stray, mislead

How preachers through history handled this text

18 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 7 Alexander MacLaren 6 Ambrose 2 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“THE JUDGMENT OF DRUNKARDS AND MOCKERS Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 2. Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which, as a tempest of hail, and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 4. …”

— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 28:1–13 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Samaria 1 — Isa 28:1
  • Jerusalem — Isa 28:14
  • Zion — Isa 28:16
  • Mount Perazim — Isa 28:21
  • Valley of Gibeon — Isa 28:21

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