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Isaiah 34 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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