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Ezekiel 24 — Sermon Preparation
A boiling pot parable and the sudden death of Ezekiel's wife signal Jerusalem's fall, and Ezekiel is forbidden to mourn publicly. 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.
- 27
- verses
- 375 / 174
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- 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.
“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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