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Ezekiel 24 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 24, 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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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Ezekiel 24 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
חֶלְאָה chelʼâh H2457 5 disease, rust
עֶצֶם ʻetsem H6106 6 bone, strong
יְהֹוִה Yᵉhôvih H3069 6
נֵתַח nêthach H5409 4 fragment
אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây H136 6 Lord
מַחְמָד machmâd H4261 3 delightful, a delight
טֻמְאָה ṭumʼâh H2932 3 impurity

How preachers through history handled this text

3 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“XXIV By the sign of flesh boiling in a pot are shewed, the miseries of Jerusalem during the siege, ver. 1-14. By the sign of Ezekiel's not mourning for his wife is shewed, that the approaching calamities would be to great to be lamented, ver. 15- 27. 1. In the ninth year - Of Zedekiah's reign. Came unto me - The prophet was now in Babylon. 2. Set himself - Sat down to besiege. 4. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 24:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Ezek 24:2
  • Jerusalem — Ezek 24:2

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