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Ezekiel 31 — Sermon Preparation

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.

18
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.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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