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Isaiah 59 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 59, 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 59 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
הָגָה hâgâh H1897 4 murmur, ponder
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ H4941 5 verdict, sentence
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh H6666 4 rightness, rectitude
פֶּה peh H6310 4 mouth, blowing
אָוֶן ʼâven H205 3 nothingness, trouble
פֶּשַׁע peshaʻ H6588 3 revolt
גָּשַׁשׁ gâshash H1659 2 feel about

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 59, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 3 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“FLIMSY GARMENTS Their webs shall not become garments.'--ISAIAH lix. 6. I counsel thee to buy of me . . . white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear.'--REV. iii. 18. The force of these words of the prophet is very obvious. He has been pouring out swift, indignant denunciation on the evil-doers in Israel; …”

— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 59:6–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Zion — Isa 59:20

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