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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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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 21
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- 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.
“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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