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Ezekiel 19 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

14
verses
157 / 97
Hebrew words / lemmas
12
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Ezekiel 19 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr H3715 4 village, young lion
קִינָה qîynâh H7015 3 dirge
מַטֶּה maṭṭeh H4294 4 branch, extending
עֹז ʻôz H5797 3 strength, force
גּוּר gûwr H1482 3 cub, lion
אָכַל ʼâkal H398 4 eat
חָח châch H2397 2 ring

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 9 Jonathan Edwards 1 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of the 17th, to foretel and lament the ruin of the house of David, the royal family of Judah, in the calamitous exit of the four sons and grandsons of Josiah--Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, in whom that illustrious line of kings was cut off, which the prophet is here ordered to lament, ver. 1. And he does it by similitudes. I. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Ezekiel 19:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — Ezek 19:4
  • Babylon 1 — Ezek 19:9

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