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Ezekiel 39 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 39, 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 39 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהֹוִה Yᵉhôvih H3069 9
אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây H136 9 Lord
קָבַר qâbar H6912 6 inter
הֲמוֹן גּוֹג Hămôwn Gôwg H1996 4 multitude of Gog
גּוֹג Gôwg H1463 4 Gog
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 6 oracle
עָבַר ʻâbar H5674 6 cross, transition

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 39, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“XXXIX A prediction of the utter destruction of Gog and Magog, ver. 1-7. An illustration of the vastness of that destruction, ver. 8- 22. God's mercy to his people, ver. 23-29. 2. The sixth part - I will leave in thy country but one in six. 3. Thy bow - What is said of the bow rendered useless, is to be understood of all other weapons of war; this is one kind, the bow, being most in use with the Scythians, is mentioned for all the rest. 8. It is come - As sure as if already come. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Ezekiel 39:2–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Meshech — Ezek 39:1
  • Tubal — Ezek 39:1
  • Salt Sea — Ezek 39:11
  • Valley of Hamon-gog — Ezek 39:11
  • Hamonah — Ezek 39:16

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