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Isaiah 47 — Sermon Preparation
Babylon is addressed as a proud queen who will be forced into grinding servitude, stripped of her sorceries and astrologers. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 47, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 15
- verses
- 213 / 135
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 47 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָשַׁב | yâshab | H3427 | 6 | sit, dwell |
| שְׁכוֹל | shᵉkôwl | H7908 | 2 | bereavement |
| רֹב | rôb | H7230 | 3 | abundance |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 4 | know, seeing |
| גָּלָה | gâlâh | H1540 | 3 | denude, exile |
| כֶּשֶׁף | kesheph | H3785 | 2 | magic |
| גְּבֶרֶת | gᵉbereth | H1404 | 2 | mistress |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 47, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XLVII God's judgments upon Babylon and Chaldea, for their cruelty towards God's people, ver. 1-6. Their pride and other sins, ver. 7-10. Their enchantments shall not deliver them, ver. 11-15. 1. Down - From thy throne. Virgin - So, called, because she was tender and delicate. No throne - For thee. The empire is taken from thee, and translated to the Persians. Called - Be so. 2. Millstones - Thou shalt be brought to the basest slavery, which grinding at the mill was esteemed. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 47:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Isa 47:1
- Chaldea— Isa 47:1
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