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Ezekiel 16 — Sermon Preparation
Through a long allegory of an abandoned infant who became a faithless wife, God recounts Jerusalem's covenant betrayal and promises ultimate restoration. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 16, 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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Ezekiel 16 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּת | bath | H1323 | 17 | daughter |
| זָנָה | zânâh | H2181 | 12 | commit adultery, commit idolatry |
| אָחוֹת | ʼâchôwth | H269 | 12 | sister |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 19 | give, put |
| תַּזְנוּת | taznûwth | H8457 | 9 | harlotry, idolatry |
| יְהֹוִה | Yᵉhôvih | H3069 | 11 | |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 11 | Lord |
How preachers through history handled this text
61 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Calvin expresses himself rather hastily when he says (Ezekiel 16:27,) this word nphs, nepesh, means "lust," or desire, "appetite." It occurs eighteen times in these twenty chapters of Ezekiel; and in every case except this, when our version reads "will," it is properly translated "soul," or "person." As the word is in itself exceedingly important, and occurs some hundred times throughout the Old Testament, it is desirable to ascertain how far it admits of so many various meanings. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2, on Ezekiel 16:27–60 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ezek 16:2
- Egypt— Ezek 16:26
- Canaan— Ezek 16:29
- Chaldea— Ezek 16:29
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