Ezekiel 23:40,41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The figure is that of a woman decked in all her beauty, sitting on a couch (not bed) at a banquet prepared for those whom she has invited. This further offence is not one of idolatry, but that of courting alliances with other powers which were not less readily made than broken.

Ezekiel 23:40

That ye have sent - Better, “they (i. e., Israel and Judah) sent.”

Ezekiel 23:40-41

40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to comeg from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

41 And satest upon a statelyh bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.