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Ezra 3 — Sermon Preparation
The returned exiles rebuild the altar of burnt offering and lay the foundation of the temple, with shouts of joy and weeping mixed together. Below is a research summary for Ezra 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 13
- verses
- 251 / 124
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ezra 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֹלָה | ʻôlâh | H5930 | 6 | step, holocaust |
| תְּרוּעָה | tᵉrûwʻâh | H8643 | 4 | clamor, acclamation |
| יָסַד | yâçad | H3245 | 4 | set, found |
| לֵוִיִּי | Lêvîyîy | H3881 | 5 | Levite |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 5 | voice, sound |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 5 | brother |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
How preachers through history handled this text
6 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In the close of the foregoing chapter we left Israel in their cities, but we may well imagine what a bad posture their affairs were in, the ground untilled, the cities in ruins, all out of order; but here we have an account of the early care they took about the re-establishment of religion among them. Thus did they lay the foundation well, and begin their work at the right end. I. They set up an altar, and offered sacrifices upon it, kept the feasts, and contributed towards the rebuilding of the temple, ver. 1-7. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Ezra 3:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ezra 3:1
- Great Sea— Ezra 3:7
- Joppa— Ezra 3:7
- Lebanon— Ezra 3:7
- Persia— Ezra 3:7
- Sidon— Ezra 3:7
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