Passage Research
Isaiah 44 — Sermon Preparation
The absurdity of carving a god from the same log used for fuel exposes idolatry, while the Lord declares himself the only God who fulfills his word. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 44, 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 44 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָצַר | yâtsar | H3335 | 6 | mould, potter |
| פֶּסֶל | peçel | H6459 | 4 | idol |
| סָגַד | çâgad | H5456 | 3 | prostrate |
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 5 | Jaakob |
| גָּאַל | gâʼal | H1350 | 4 | redeem, be the next of kin |
| חָמַם | châmam | H2552 | 3 | be hot |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 5 | servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 44, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“JACOB--ISRAEL--JESHURUN Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen. . . . Fear not, O Jacob, My servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.'--ISAIAH xliv. 1, 2. You observe that there are here three different names applied to the Jewish nation. Two of them, namely Jacob and Israel, were borne by their great ancestor, and by him transmitted to his descendants. The third was never borne by him, and is applied to the people only here and in the Book of Deuteronomy. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 44:1–19 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Isa 44:26
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