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Isaiah 48 — Sermon Preparation
The stubborn people are called out of Babylon for the Lord's own name's sake, reminded of former predictions, and summoned to declare that he alone redeems. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 48, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 265 / 147
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 48 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 11 | hear, tell |
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 6 | call out to |
| נָגַד | nâgad | H5046 | 5 | front, manifest |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 5 | appellation, honor |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 4 | know, seeing |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 4 | go, bring |
| יַעֲקֹב | Yaʻăqôb | H3290 | 3 | Jaakob |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 48, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A RIVER OF PEACE AND WAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Oh that thou hadst hearkened to My commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.'--ISAIAH xlviii. 18. I. The Wonderful Thought of God here. This is an exclamation of disappointment; of thwarted love. The good which He purposed has been missed by man's fault, and He regards the faulty Israel with sorrow and pity as a would-be benefactor balked of a kind intention might do. O Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thee.' If thou hadst known . . . …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 48:18–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Isa 48:14
- Chaldea— Isa 48:14
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