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Isaiah 31 — Sermon Preparation
Egypt's horses are contrasted with the Lord who stretches out his hand over Jerusalem; Assyria will fall by a sword that is not human. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 31, 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
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 31 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גָּנַן | gânan | H1598 | 2 | hedge, protect |
| חֶרֶב | chereb | H2719 | 3 | drought, cutting |
| אֱלִיל | ʼĕlîyl | H457 | 2 | nothing, vain |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6633 | 3 | mass, army |
| עֶזְרָה | ʻezrâh | H5833 | 2 | aid |
| חָתַת | châthath | H2865 | 2 | prostrate, break |
| עָזַר | ʻâzar | H5826 | 2 | surround, protect |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 31, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This chapter is an abridgment of the foregoing chapter; the heads of it are much the same. Here is, I. A woe to those who, when the Assyrian army invaded them, trusted to the Egyptians, and not to God, for succour, ver. 1-3. II. Assurance given of the care God would take of Jerusalem in that time of danger and distress, ver. 4, 5. III. A call to repentance and reformation, ver. 6, 7. IV. A prediction of the fall of the Assyrian army, and the fright which the Assyrian king should thereby be put into, ver. 8, 9. Confidence in Egypt Reproved. (b. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 31:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Isa 31:1
- Mount Zion— Isa 31:4
- Jerusalem— Isa 31:5
- Assyria— Isa 31:8
- Zion— Isa 31:9
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