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Isaiah 33 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Spurgeon 5 Alexander MacLaren 4 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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