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Isaiah 63 — Sermon Preparation
The divine warrior returns from Edom with garments stained in judgment, and the prophet recounts past mercies before crying out for God to intervene again. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 63, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 239 / 142
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 13
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 63 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 5 | concealed, vanishing |
| גָּאַל | gâʼal | H1350 | 4 | soil, desecrate |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| יָשַׁע | yâshaʻ | H3467 | 4 | be open, wide |
| תִּפְאָרָה | tiphʼârâh | H8597 | 3 | ornament |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 4 | sacred, sanctity |
| דָּרַךְ | dârak | H1869 | 3 | tread, walk |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 63, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“THE SYMPATHY OF GOD In all their afflictions He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them'--ISAIAH lxiii. 9. I. The wonderful glimpse opened here into the heart of God. It is not necessary to touch upon the difference between the text and margin of the Revised Version, or to enter on the reason for preferring the former. And what a deep and wonderful thought that is, of divine sympathy with human sorrow! We feel that this transcends the prevalent tone of the Old Testament. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 63:9–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bozrah 1— Isa 63:1
- Edom— Isa 63:1
- Egypt— Isa 63:11
- Red Sea 1— Isa 63:11
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