Ezekiel 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. ”

Ezekiel 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they committed harlotries in (b) Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. (b) They became idolaters...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

whoredoms . idolatries. Egypt. Compare Ezekiel 20:7 ; Ezekiel 20:8 . pressed. handled, as in verses: Ezekiel 23:8 ; Ezekiel 23:21 . bruised . squeezed (in natural use).
Ezekiel 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
Ezekiel 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. They committed whoredoms...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In Egypt. — The idolatries of Israel in Egypt have already been spoken of in the Note to Ezekiel 20:8 . (See also Ezekiel 23:19 below.)
Ezekiel 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will enter into the beauties of this Chapter, and the design of it also, if he takes with him the consideration all the way along as he reads it, that the whole scope of the Chapter is to...
Ezekiel 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt ,.... When they were but one body, one nation; and while they sojourned as strangers in that land they learned and practised the idolatries of it, Joshua 24:14...
Ezekiel 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. Ver. 3. And they committed wh...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There were two women, daughters of one mother Judah and Israel, two kingdoms. “Countries are commonly represented as mothers of their people, and the inhabitants as their children: so the daughter...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. B. C. 591. 1 The word of the L ORD came again unto m...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They committed whoredoms in Egypt; when they came down into Egypt, and sojourned there: possibly they might commit bodily whoredoms, but spiritual whoredoms, i.e. idolatry, they did certainly commi...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Spiritual Adultery of the two Kingdoms
Ezekiel 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:16 ; Ezekiel 16:22 ; Ezekiel 20:8 ; Ezekiel 23:19 ; Ezekiel 23:21 ; Ezekiel 23:8 ; Hosea 2:15 ; Joshua 24:14 ; Leviticus 17:7
Ezekiel 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whoredoms — Idolatry.

Ezekiel 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 23:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 23:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes