Passage Research
Ezekiel 33 — Sermon Preparation
Ezekiel's watchman role is reaffirmed; when news of Jerusalem's fall arrives, the call goes out to turn from wickedness and live. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 33, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 517 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 33 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 11 | wrong, bad |
| זָהַר | zâhar | H2094 | 8 | gleam, enlighten |
| חָיָה | châyâh | H2421 | 10 | live, revive |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 11 | die, kill |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 10 | turn, return |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 9 | road, trodden |
| צְדָקָה | tsᵉdâqâh | H6666 | 7 | rightness, rectitude |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXXIII The duty of a spiritual watchman, ver. 1-9. A declaration of the safety of penitents, and the destruction of apostates, ver. 10- 20. A message to those who flattered themselves with hopes of safety, tho' they repented not, ver. 21-29. A reproof of those who approved the word of God, but did not practice it, ver. 30-33. 6. Is taken away - Punished by the Lord for his sin. 10. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 33:6–31 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ezek 33:21
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