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Isaiah 39 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1

“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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