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Ezra 9 — Sermon Preparation
Ezra learns of intermarriage with foreign peoples and is overwhelmed; he tears his garments and prays in mourning, confessing the people's guilt before God. Below is a research summary for Ezra 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 15
- verses
- 286 / 143
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Ezra 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַשְׁמָה | ʼashmâh | H819 | 4 | guiltiness, fault |
| פְּלֵיטָה | pᵉlêyṭâh | H6413 | 4 | deliverance, escaped |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 7 | give, put |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 5 | people, tribe |
| תּוֹעֵבַה | tôwʻêbah | H8441 | 3 | disgusting, abhorrence |
| עַבְדוּת | ʻabdûwth | H5659 | 2 | servitude |
| עָוֺן | ʻâvôn | H5771 | 3 | perversity, evil |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Ezra 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a penitent confession of sin, the sin of his people. But let this be the comfort of true penitents, that though their sins reach to the heavens, God's mercy is in the heavens. Ezra, speaking of sin, speaks as one much ashamed. Holy shame is as necessary in true repentance as holy sorrow. Ezra speaks as much amazed. The discoveries of guilt cause amazement; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Ezra 9:5–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ezra 9:9
- Judea 2— Ezra 9:9
- Persia— Ezra 9:9
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