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Ezekiel 8 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

18
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
16
classic sermon excerpts
4
preachers & commentators

Ezekiel 8 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 13 see
תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah H8441 6 disgusting, abhorrence
צָפוֹן tsâphôwn H6828 5 hidden, dark
פֶּתַח pethach H6607 5 opening, door
אָדָם ʼâdâm H120 6 ruddy, human being
קִיר qîyr H7023 4 wall, trench
מַרְאֶה marʼeh H4758 4 view, appearance

How preachers through history handled this text

16 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 13 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“THE singularity of the Vision of this chapter renders it worthy of special notice. It illustrates very strikingly the difference between the worship of Judaism and of the Gospel. The contrast is so remarkable, that every inference from it respecting Christian obligation must be most indirect. These "visions of God" occurred to the Prophet in the place of his captivity. Jerusalem and its temple, and its chambers of imagery, are all brought rapidly before his mind. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 2, on Ezekiel 8:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Ezek 8:3

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