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Ezekiel 2 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 2, 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

Ezekiel 2 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
מְרִי mᵉrîy H4805 5 bitterness, rebellion
דָבַר dâbar H1696 5 arrange, speak
אָדָם ʼâdâm H120 4 ruddy, human being
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ H8085 4 hear, tell
יָרֵא yârêʼ H3372 3 fear, revere
מָרַד mârad H4775 2 rebel
שָׁלַח shâlach H7971 3 send

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“9. And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 9. Et aspexi, et ecce marius emissa ad me, et ecce in ea volumen libri; 10. And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. 10. Et explicuit coram facie mea, et ecce scriptum erat volumen a facie et retro, et scriptura lamentationes, et carmen, et we. Now the Prophet more fully explains what we have just dwelt upon. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 1, on Ezekiel 2:9–30 (Public Domain)

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