Passage Research
Ezra 7 — Sermon Preparation
Ezra the scribe travels from Babylon to Jerusalem armed with a royal letter from Artaxerxes granting him authority to teach and enforce the law. 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.
- 28
- verses
- 436 / 188
- 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 | decree, law. |
| עֲבַד | ʻăbad | H5648 | 6 | do, make |
| כָּהֵן | kâhên | H3549 | 5 | priest. |
| כְּסַף | kᵉçaph | H3702 | 5 | money, silver. |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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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