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Isaiah 60 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Isaiah 60, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 295 / 170
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 60 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 7 | illumination, luminary |
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 7 | nation, a Gentile |
| פָּאַר | pâʼar | H6286 | 4 | gleam, embellish |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 4 | concealed, vanishing |
| כָּבוֹד | kâbôwd | H3519 | 3 | weight, splendor |
| זָהָב | zâhâb | H2091 | 3 | gold, something gold-colored |
| זָרַח | zârach | H2224 | 2 | irradiate, rise |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 60, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“WALLS AND GATES Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise'--ISAIAH lx. 18. The prophet reaches the height of eloquence in his magnificent picture of the restored Jerusalem, the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.' To him the city stands for the embodiment of the nation, and his vision of the future is moulded by his knowledge of the past. Israel and Jerusalem were to him the embodiments of the divine idea of God's dwelling with men, and of a society founded on the presence of God in its midst. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 60:18–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem — Isa 60:1
- Lebanon — Isa 60:13
- Zion — Isa 60:14
- Ephah — Isa 60:6
- Midian — Isa 60:6
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