Passage Research
Isaiah 51 — Sermon Preparation
Three 'listen' calls summon those who pursue righteousness to look back to Abraham and trust the God whose arm is not too short to save. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 51, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 334 / 193
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 51 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עוּר | ʻûwr | H5782 | 5 | wake |
| חֵמָה | chêmâh | H2534 | 5 | heat, anger |
| כּוֹס | kôwç | H3563 | 4 | cup, lot |
| נָחַם | nâcham | H5162 | 4 | sigh, breathe |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 5 | put |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 4 | sky, aloft |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 51, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“LI Abraham, our pattern to trust in Christ, in his promises, and righteous salvation: this is constant, but men are transitory, ver. 1- 8. A prayer of the Godly in affliction, ver. 9-11. The Lord's answer, ver. 12-17. He bewails Jerusalem, ver. 18-20. The bitter cup taken from her, and given to her enemies, ver. 21-23. 1. Look - Consider the state of Abraham and Sarah, from whom all of you sprang. 2. Him alone - To follow me to an unknown land: him only of all his kindred. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 51:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Isa 51:11
- Jerusalem— Isa 51:17
- Eden 1— Isa 51:3
- Egypt— Isa 51:9
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