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Ezekiel 34 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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.

Spurgeon 5 Gregory the Great 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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