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Isaiah 32 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 32, 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 32 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נָדִיב nâdîyb H5081 4 voluntary, magnanimous
שַׁאֲנָן shaʼănân H7600 3 secure, haughty
כַּרְמֶל karmel H3759 3 field, produce
כִּילַי kîylay H3596 2 niggardly
בָּטַח bâṭach H982 3 hie, precipitately
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh H6666 3 rightness, rectitude
דָבַר dâbar H1696 4 arrange, speak

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 32, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 3 Jonathan Edwards 2 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“XXXII Christ's kingdom and its blessings, ver. 1-8. Careless women, shall be troubled, ver. 9-11. And the land laid waste, ver. 12-14. Until a restoration, ver. 16-20. 1. Behold - This seems to be a distinct prophecy from the former, and delivered before that which is related in the former chapters. The prophecies are not always set down in that order, in which the prophets delivered them. The foregoing prophecy was delivered, not in the time of Ahaz for he sent to the Assyrian, not the Egyptian, for help; …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 32:1–30 (Public Domain)

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