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Ezekiel 20 — Sermon Preparation
God rehearses Israel's repeated rebellion from Egypt through the wilderness, then promises a future gathering and purification. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 20, 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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהֹוִה | Yᵉhôvih | H3069 | 11 | |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 11 | Lord |
| גִּלּוּל | gillûwl | H1544 | 8 | log, idol |
| מִדְבָּר | midbâr | H4057 | 10 | pasture, desert |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 11 | eye, fountain |
| חָלַל | châlal | H2490 | 8 | bore, wound |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 10 | know, seeing |
How preachers through history handled this text
36 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“5. And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 5. Et dices illis, Sic dicit Dominator Iehovah, Die quo elegi Israelem, et sustuli manum meam ad semen domus Iacob, et cognitus fui illis in terrae Ægypti, et sustuli manum meam illis dicendo, Ego Iehovah Deus vester; 6. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2, on Ezekiel 20:5–8 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ezek 20:10
- Bamah— Ezek 20:29
- Negeb— Ezek 20:46
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