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Isaiah 53 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 53, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 53 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָוֺן | ʻâvôn | H5771 | 3 | perversity, evil |
| סָבַל | çâbal | H5445 | 2 | carry, be burdensome |
| מַכְאֹב | makʼôb | H4341 | 2 | anguish, affliction |
| דָּכָא | dâkâʼ | H1792 | 2 | crumble, bruise |
| רַב | rab | H7227 | 3 | abundant |
| פֶּה | peh | H6310 | 3 | mouth, blowing |
| חֳלִי | chŏlîy | H2483 | 2 | malady, anxiety |
How preachers through history handled this text
31 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 53, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“THE SUFFERING SERVANT--VI Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sins of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.'--ISAIAH liii. 12. The first clause of this verse is somewhat difficult. There are two ways of understanding it. One is that adopted in A. V., according to which the suffering Servant is represented as equal to the greatest conquerors. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 53:12–30 (Public Domain)
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