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Isaiah 44 — Sermon Preparation

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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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.

Spurgeon 8 Ambrose 3 Alexander MacLaren 3 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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