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Ezekiel 34 — Sermon Preparation
God indicts Israel's corrupt shepherds and promises to gather the scattered flock himself, raising up one shepherd from David's line. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 34, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
- 458 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 34 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָעָה | râʻâh | H7462 | 31 | tend, pasture |
| צֹאן | tsôʼn | H6629 | 20 | flock |
| יְהֹוִה | Yᵉhôvih | H3069 | 9 | |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 9 | Lord |
| שֶׂה | seh | H7716 | 6 | sheep, goat |
| פּוּץ | pûwts | H6327 | 5 | dash, disperse |
| מִרְעֶה | mirʻeh | H4829 | 4 | pasture, haunt |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 34, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXXIV A charge against the shepherds of Israel, ver. 1-6. Their dismission from their trust, ver. 7-10. A promise, that God would take care of his flock, ver. 11-16. Another charge against the strong of the flock, for their injuring the weak, ver. 17-22. A promise of the Messiah, the great and good shepherd, ver. 23-31. 2. The shepherds - The rulers of the people kings, magistrates, and princes; as also priests, and prophets. Of Israel - The two tribes, and the few out of the ten that adhere to the house of David. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 34:2–30 (Public Domain)
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