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Isaiah 39 — Sermon Preparation
Babylonian envoys visit the recovering king, and Isaiah warns that everything Hezekiah showed them will one day go to Babylon. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 39, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 8
- verses
- 146 / 65
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 39 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חִזְקִיָּה | Chizqîyâh | H2396 | 8 | Chizkijah |
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 4 | Babel, Babylonia |
| יְשַׁעְיָה | Yᵉshaʻyâh | H3470 | 3 | Jeshajah |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 5 | see |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 5 | word, matter |
| מְרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאָדָן | Mᵉrôʼdak Balʼâdân | H4757 | 2 | Merodak-Baladan |
| אוֹצָר | ʼôwtsâr | H214 | 2 | depository |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 39, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The story of this chapter likewise we had before, 2 Kings xx. 12, &c. It is here repeated, not only as a very memorable and improvable passage, but because it concludes with a prophecy of the captivity in Babylon; and as the former part of the prophecy of this book frequently referred to Sennacherib's invasion and the defeat of that, to which therefore the history of that was very fitly subjoined, so the latter part of this book speaks much of the Jews' captivity in Babylon and their deliverance out of that, to which therefore the first predict …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Isaiah 39:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Isa 39:1
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