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Ezekiel 33 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Spurgeon 3 John Wesley 2 Matthew Henry 1

“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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