Passage Research
Isaiah 33 — Sermon Preparation
After pronouncing woe on the destroyer, the prophet describes those who walk uprightly dwelling securely in a Jerusalem ruled by the Lord as king. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 33, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 24
- verses
- 275 / 197
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 33 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּגַד | bâgad | H898 | 4 | cover, act covertly |
| שָׁדַד | shâdad | H7703 | 4 | be burly, powerful |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 5 | people, tribe |
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 3 | Tsijon, capital |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 4 | see |
| נָעַר | nâʻar | H5287 | 2 | tumble |
| אֵשׁ | ʼêsh | H784 | 3 | fire |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“JUDGE, LAWGIVER, KING For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; He will save us.'--ISAIAH xxxiii. 22. There is reference here to the three forms of government in Israel: by Moses, by Judges, by Kings. In all, Israel was a Theocracy. Isaiah looks beyond the human representative to the true divine Reality. I. A truth for us, in both its more specific and its more general forms. (a) Specific. Christ is all these three for us--Authority; His will law; Defender. (b) More general. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 33:22–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Isa 33:14
- Jerusalem— Isa 33:20
- Assyria— Isa 33:4
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