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Ezekiel 26 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 26, 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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Ezekiel 26 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהֹוִה Yᵉhôvih H3069 7
אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây H136 7 Lord
צֹר Tsôr H6865 5 Tsor
יָם yâm H3220 6 sea, large body of water
נָתַן nâthan H5414 8 give, put
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 7 sit, dwell
יָרַד yârad H3381 5 descend, go downwards

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 26, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“XXVI The sin of Tyre, ver. 1, 2. The utter destruction of it, ver. 3- 14. The astonishment of the neighbouring nations, ver. 15-21. 1. In the eleventh year - Of Jechoniah's captivity, the year wherein Jerusalem was taken. The month - That month which followed the taking of Jerusalem. 2. Because - Probably God revealed this to the prophet as soon as these insulting Tyrians spoke it. The gates - The great mart of nations, people from all parts. She is turned - The trading interest will turn to me. 4. Scrape - I will leave thee nothing; …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 26:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Tyre — Ezek 26:15
  • Jerusalem — Ezek 26:2

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