“ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, ”
The seventh word of judgment. The allegory of Aholah and Aholibah.
Ezekiel 23. Fatal Alliance with Foreigners. This is the third and last of the three great indictments (Ezekiel 16, 20) which draw their material from the past rather than (as Ezekiel 22) from the p...
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, The imagery is similar to that in Ezekiel 16:1-63 ; but here the reference is not, as there, so much to the breach of the spiritual marriage c...
The Unchaste Sisters, Oholah and Oholibah The idolatries and foreign alliances of Jerusalem and Samaria are here described under the same strong figure which is used in Ezekiel 16 . Oholah (Samar...
OHOLA AND OHOLIBAH Ezekiel 23:1-49 THE allegory of chapter 23 adds hardly any new thought to those which have already, been expounded in connection with chapter 16 and chapter 20. The ideas whi...
The next prophecy dealt with the sins of Samaria and Jerusalem under the figures of two women, Oholah and Oholibah. The prophet first described their sins. Samaria was charged with unfaithfulness in...
CONTENTS Under the similitude of two adulterous women, the Prophet is here taught to speak of the spiritual fornication of Samaria and Jerusalem. The Prophet sets forth the iniquity at large, and th...
The word of the Lord came unto me ,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; another prophecy, one upon the same subject, as in Ezekiel 16:1 , saying ; as follows:
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ver. 1. The word of the Lord. ] See Ezekiel 18:1 .
The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. B. C. 591. 1 The word of the L ORD came again unto m...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 23 The whoredoms of Aholah and Ahollbah, Ezekiel 23:1-21 . Aholibah shall be punished by her own lovers, Ezekiel 23:22-35 . Their adulteries reproved, Ezekiel 23:36-44 , an...
The Two Daughters. “The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. And they committed whoredoms in Egypt. They committed whoredoms in th...
THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH REPRESENTED UNDER THE FIGURE OF TWO HARLOTS. (Chap 23) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Samaria and Jerusalem are the capitals and representations of the two kingdoms Israel and Judah....
Ezekiel 23:2 . There were two women, the daughters of one mother. Samaria and Jerusalem, cities introduced in the female character, as in Ezekiel 23:10 ; Ezekiel 23:48 . Ezekiel 23:4 . Samari...
Samaria is Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah. Aholah and Aholibah I. Sin is self-polluting and therefore self-destroying. Constant contact with sin will pollute the conscience, and render it powerl...
EXPOSITION After another pause, the prophet enters on another elaborate parallel, after the pattern of Ezekiel 16:1-26 ; but with a marked variation. There we have the history of one harlot, s...
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, in an inspired allegory setting forth the fact that both kingdoms were ripe for God's judgment,
Ezekiel 23:1