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Ezekiel 25 — Sermon Preparation

Four neighboring nations — Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia — are condemned for rejoicing over Israel's downfall. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 25, 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 25 in the Hebrew

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

HebrewTransliterationStrong'sCountGlosses
יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvihH30699
אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1369Lord
נְקָמָהnᵉqâmâhH53605avengement
עַמּוֹןʻAmmôwnH59835Ammon
נָתַןnâthanH54148give, put
אֱדֹםʼĔdômH1234Edom
יָדַעyâdaʻH30455know, seeing

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry1John Wesley1

“XXV A prophesy against the Ammonites, ver. 1-7. The Moabites, ver. 8-11. The Edomites, ver. 12-14. And the Philistines, ver. 15- 17. 3. Aha - When thou shouldest have pitied, thou didst proudly insult over my people. 4. The men of the east - The Arabians, associates of Nebuchadnezzar, who recompensed their service, with giving them this country when it was conquered, as it was five years after the desolation of Jerusalem. 5. Rabbah - The royal city, called since Philadelphia from the king of Egypt who built it. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 25:3–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Ammon— Ezek 25:10
  • East— Ezek 25:10
  • Moab 1— Ezek 25:10
  • Edom— Ezek 25:12
  • Dedan— Ezek 25:13

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