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Ezekiel 3 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 3, 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 3 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
זָהַר zâhar H2094 7 gleam, enlighten
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ H8085 10 hear, tell
דָבַר dâbar H1696 8 arrange, speak
רָשָׁע râshâʻ H7563 6 wrong, bad
מֵצַח mêtsach H4696 4 forehead, open
אָדָם ʼâdâm H120 6 ruddy, human being
מוּת mûwth H4191 6 die, kill

How preachers through history handled this text

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

Calvin 18 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“4. And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 4. Et dixit mihi, Fili hominis, vade (ingredere) ad domum Israel, et loquere ad eos in sermonibus reels. 5. For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; 5. Quia non ad populum profun-dos labiis et gravem lingua, tu missus es ad domum (Israel scilicet.) 6. Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 1, on Ezekiel 3:4–7 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Chebar — Ezek 3:15
  • Tel-abib — Ezek 3:15

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