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Ezra 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Ezra 7, 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
5
classic sermon excerpts
2
preachers & commentators

Ezra 7 in the Hebrew

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

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אֱלָהּ ʼĕlâhh H426 16 God
עֶזְרָא ʻEzrâʼ H5830 7 Ezra
יְרוּשָׁלֵם Yᵉrûwshâlêm H3390 6
דָּת dâth H1882 6
עֲבַד ʻăbad H5648 6 do, make
כָּהֵן kâhên H3549 5
כְּסַף kᵉçaph H3702 5

How preachers through history handled this text

5 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christians, who will not promote the cause of God. But the weapons of Christian ministers are not carnal. Faithful preaching, holy lives, fervent prayers, and patient suffering when called to it, are the means to bring men into obedience to Christ.”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Ezra 7:11–26 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Ezra 7:1
  • Jerusalem — Ezra 7:1
  • Persia — Ezra 7:1

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