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Isaiah 62 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Isaiah 62, 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
9
classic sermon excerpts
6
preachers & commentators

Isaiah 62 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
בָּעַל bâʻal H1166 4 be master, marry
קָרָא qârâʼ H7121 4 call out to
דְּמִי dᵉmîy H1824 2 quiet
חֶפְצִי בָּהּ Chephtsîy bâhh H2657 2 Cheptsi-bah
סָלַל çâlal H5549 2 mound, exalt
חָשָׁה châshâh H2814 2 hush
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 3 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 62, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 4 Calvin 1 Jonathan Edwards 1 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“LXII A prayer of the watchmen for the church in confidence of God's gracious designs and promises to it, ver. 1-12. 1. Zion's sake - Zion and Jerusalem are both put for the church, Heb. xii, 22. My peace - These seem to be the words of the prophet strongly resolving, notwithstanding all difficulties, to solicit God for the church's happiness, and constantly excite to the belief of it by his preaching, though it were long before it came, for Isaiah lived near two hundred years before this was accomplished. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 62:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Isa 62:1
  • Zion — Isa 62:1

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