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Ezekiel 5 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 5, 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 5 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
סָבִיב çâbîyb H5439 8 circle, neighbour
שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy H7992 6 third, third
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 7 nation, a Gentile
חֶרֶב chereb H2719 6 drought, cutting
תָּוֶךְ tâvek H8432 6 bisection, centre
לָקַח lâqach H3947 6 take
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ H4941 5 verdict, sentence

How preachers through history handled this text

14 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 12 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“Section 3. Against the Mountains of Israel, Ezekiel 6:1-15 Section 4. Against the Land of Israel, Ezekiel 7:1-27 Section 5. The Vision of the Image of Jealousy, Ezekiel 8:1-11 The Chamber of Imagery, Ezekiel 8:12-16 The Explanation, Ezekiel 8:17, 18 Section 6. The Vision of the man with the slaughter weapon, Ezekiel 9:1-11 Section 7. The Vision of the Cherubim -- their description and their motions, Ezekiel 10:1-22 Section 8. The Emblems of the Caldron and the Flesh, and its application to Jerusalem, Ezekiel 11:1-25 Section 9. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2, on Ezekiel 5:5–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Ezek 5:10

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