Passage Research
Isaiah 34 — Sermon Preparation
All nations are summoned to hear the Lord's wrath; Edom is singled out for lasting desolation as repayment for Zion's cause. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 220 / 144
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דּוֹר | dôwr | H1755 | 4 | revolution, age |
| נָבֵל | nâbêl | H5034 | 3 | wilt, fall |
| דָּם | dâm | H1818 | 4 | blood, juice |
| חֶלֶב | cheleb | H2459 | 3 | fat, richest |
| זֶפֶת | zepheth | H2203 | 2 | asphalt, soften |
| טֶבַח | ṭebach | H2874 | 2 | slaughtered, beast |
| דָּשֵׁן | dâshên | H1878 | 2 | be fat, fatten |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXXIV God's fury and wrath against his church's enemies, ver. 1- 10. Their land utterly desolate, ver. 11-15. The certainly hereof, and duration, ver. 16, 17. 2. All nations - Not only upon the Assyrians, but on all enemies of my people. 3. Cast out - Into the fields. 4. Dissolved - The sun, moon, and stars. So great shall be the confusion and consternation of mankind, as if all the frame of the creation were broken into pieces. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 34:2–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Edom— Isa 34:10
- Bozrah 1— Isa 34:6
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