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Isaiah 52 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 52, 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 52 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 4 | Tsijon, capital |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 4 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 4 | people, tribe |
| בָּשַׂר | bâsar | H1319 | 2 | be fresh, full |
| נָשָׂא | nâsâʼ | H5375 | 3 | lift |
| אֶפֶס | ʼepheç | H657 | 2 | cessation, an end |
| רָנַן | rânan | H7442 | 2 | creak, shout |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 52, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“CLEAN CARRIERS Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.'--ISAIAH lii. 11. The context points to a great deliverance. It is a good example of the prophetical habit of casting prophecies of the future into the mould of the past. The features of the Exodus are repeated, but some of them are set aside. This deliverance, whatever it be, is to be after the pattern of that old story, but with very significant differences. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 52:11–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Isa 52:1
- Zion — Isa 52:1
- Assyria — Isa 52:4
- Egypt — Isa 52:4
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