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Isaiah 63 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Spurgeon 6 Alexander MacLaren 3 Ambrose 1 Calvin 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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