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Isaiah 42 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 42, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 288 / 181
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 42 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עִוֵּר | ʻivvêr | H5787 | 6 | blind |
| אִי | ʼîy | H339 | 4 | habitable spot, dry land |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 6 | hear, tell |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 5 | put |
| תְּהִלָּה | tᵉhillâh | H8416 | 3 | laudation, hymn |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 5 | give, put |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 4 | go, bring |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 42, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“THE BLIND MAN'S GUIDE I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.'--ISAIAH xlii. 16. The grand stormy verses before these words, with all their dread array of natural convulsions, have one object--the tender guidance promised in the text. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 42:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Kedar — Isa 42:11
- Sela 2 — Isa 42:11
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