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Isaiah 54 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 54, 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 54 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
גּוּר gûwr H1481 3 turn, sojourn
אֶבֶן ʼeben H68 3 stone
בָּעַל bâʻal H1166 2 be master, marry
מוּשׁ mûwsh H4185 2 withdraw
רֶגַע regaʻ H7281 2 wink, short space
מוֹט môwṭ H4131 2 waver, slip
נֹחַ Nôach H5146 2 Noach

How preachers through history handled this text

11 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 54, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 6 Ambrose 1 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1 George Whitefield 1

“LIV The blessings and fulness of the gospel-church, ver. 1-4. The Gentiles becoming Christ's spouse, to whom his love is everlasting, ver. 5-10. Her glories, ver. 11, 12. The gifts of the Holy Ghost, ver. 13. Her sure preservation, ver. 14-17 1. Sing - The prophet having largely discoursed of the sufferings of Christ, and of the blessed fruits thereof, and here foreseeing that glorious state of the church, he breaks forth into this song of triumph. And as the foregoing chapter literally speaks of Christ, so doth this of the church of Christ. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 54:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Isa 54:1

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