Passage Research
Ezekiel 31 — Sermon Preparation
Egypt is warned that like the great cedars of Lebanon — and like Assyria — pride will bring it crashing down to Sheol. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 31, 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
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 31 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֵץ | ʻêts | H6086 | 9 | tree, wood |
| פְּאֹרָה | pᵉʼôrâh | H6288 | 5 | ornamentation, foliage |
| יָרַד | yârad | H3381 | 7 | descend, go downwards |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 7 | water, juice |
| עֵדֶן | ʻÊden | H5731 | 4 | Eden |
| דָּמָה | dâmâh | H1819 | 4 | compare, resemble |
| קוֹמָה | qôwmâh | H6967 | 4 | height |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 31, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXXI The greatness and power of the king of Assyria, ver. 1-9. His security and destruction, ver. 10-17. This applied to Pharaoh, ver. 18. 2. His multitude - His numerous subjects. 3. A cedar - Like the most goodly cedar for strength and beauty. 4. The waters - Cedars grow great by the water-courses. The deep - The sea sent out her waters, which gave being to the rivers, that watered him. His plants - The provinces of this mighty kingdom, that were like plants about a great tree. All the trees - To all his subjects. 5. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 31:2–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ezek 31:10
- Assyria— Ezek 31:15
- Lebanon— Ezek 31:15
- Eden 1— Ezek 31:16
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