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Isaiah 43 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 43, 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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Isaiah 43 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נָתַן nâthan H5414 7 give, put
יָצַר yâtsar H3335 4 mould, potter
יָגַע yâgaʻ H3021 3 gasp, be exhausted
בָּרָא bârâʼ H1254 3 create, cut down
עֵד ʻêd H5707 3 witness, testimony
כָּבַד kâbad H3513 3 be heavy, burdensome
קָדוֹשׁ qâdôwsh H6918 3 sacred, God

How preachers through history handled this text

20 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 43, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 15 Ambrose 1 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“THY NAME: MY NAME I have called thee by thy name.'--ISAIAH xliii. 1. Every one that is called by My name.'--ISAIAH xliii. 7. Great stress is laid on names in Scripture. These two parallel and antithetic clauses bring out striking complementary relations between God and the collective Israel. But they are as applicable to each individual member of the true Israel of God. I. What does God's calling a man by his name imply? 1. Intimate knowledge. Adam naming the creatures. Christ naming His disciples. 2. Loving friendship. …”

— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 43:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Isa 43:14
  • Chaldea — Isa 43:14
  • Egypt — Isa 43:17
  • Cush 1 — Isa 43:3
  • Sheba 1 — Isa 43:3

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