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Ezekiel 20 — Sermon Preparation

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.

44
verses
733 / 172
Hebrew words / lemmas
36
classic sermon excerpts
4
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.

Calvin 32 Spurgeon 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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