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Isaiah 35 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 35, 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 35 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
פָּרַח pârach H6524 3 break forth, bloom
הָדָר hâdâr H1926 2 magnificence
דֶּרֶךְ derek H1870 3 road, trodden
רָנַן rânan H7442 2 creak, shout
גִּיל gîyl H1523 2 spin, rejoice
עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh H6160 2 desert
שִׂמְחָה simchâh H8057 2 blithesomeness, glee

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 35, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

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

“As after a prediction of God's judgments upon the world (ch. xxiv.) follows a promise of great mercy to be had in store for his church (ch. xxv.), so here after a black and dreadful scene of confusion in the foregoing chapter we have, in this, a bright and pleasant one, which, though it foretel the flourishing estate of Hezekiah's kingdom in the latter part of his reign, yet surely looks as far beyond that as the prophecy in the foregoing chapter does beyond the destruction of the Edomites; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 35:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Zion — Isa 35:10
  • Lebanon — Isa 35:2
  • Mount Carmel — Isa 35:2
  • Sharon 1 — Isa 35:2
  • Way of Holiness — Isa 35:8

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