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Ezekiel 23:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 23:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
two women. Two sisters, representing respectively Samaria and Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 23:3 open_in_new
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).
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Ezekiel 23:4 open_in_new
Aholah. Hebrew. 'ahalah = [She has] her own tent. So named probably because Israel set up her own worship as distinct from Jehovah's.
elder. Refers not to age, but to extent.
Aholibah. Hebrew. 'ahalibah = My tent [is] in her.
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Ezekiel 23:7 open_in_new
the chosen, &c.. the choice of Asshur's sons. So. verses: Ezekiel 23:9; Ezekiel 23:12.
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Ezekiel 23:10 open_in_new
famous. a name: i.e. infamous.
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Ezekiel 23:14 open_in_new
men. Hebrew, plural 'enosh. App-14.
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Ezekiel 23:17 open_in_new
mind. Hebrew. nephesh. App-18,
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Ezekiel 23:18 open_in_new
My mind. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
like as. according as.
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Ezekiel 23:19 open_in_new
calling to remembrance. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the desiring of her former idolatries.
harlot. Put for idolatress.
in. Some codices read "from", as in Ezekiel 23:8 and Ezekiel 23:27.
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Ezekiel 23:21 open_in_new
bruising. Aram, and Syriac read "handling", as in Ezekiel 23:3.
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Ezekiel 23:22 open_in_new
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Ezekiel 23:23 open_in_new
Pekod... Shea... Roo. These Eastern peoples are all named in the inscriptions,
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Ezekiel 23:24 open_in_new
wagons. chariots.
an assembly. a gathered host.
people. peoples.
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Ezekiel 23:29 open_in_new
labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the product of the labour.
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Ezekiel 23:30 open_in_new
heathen. nations,
idols. manufactured gods.
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Ezekiel 23:31 open_in_new
cup. Compare Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:10.
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break: or, gnaw, lest. drop should be lost.
pluck off. tear out: i.e. destroy the occasions of their idolatry.
saith the Lord GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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Ezekiel 23:35 open_in_new
lewdness... whoredoms. Put here by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-8, for the punishment due to the idolatry.
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Ezekiel 23:37 open_in_new
adultery. Put (like whoredom) for all idolatry, as being unfaithfulness to Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 16:15.
caused. set apart.
to pass, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-4),
them. "Them" is masculine, and refers to the idols, in the first clause; and so, many codices, with six earlypriated editions (one Rabbinic). But some codices read feminine. themselves.
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Ezekiel 23:38 open_in_new
defiled... profaned. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:31). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 22:8.
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Ezekiel 23:39 open_in_new
children. sons.
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
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Ezekiel 23:40 open_in_new
men. Plural of 'mush. App-14.
wash thyself. Compare Ruth 3:3.
paintedst, he. Compare 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30.
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Ezekiel 23:41 open_in_new
a stately bed. Compare Proverbs 7:16-18. Isa 67:8, Isa 67:9,
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Ezekiel 23:42 open_in_new
multitude, &c.. a careless throng.
with her: or, in her: i.e. in Jerusalem.
men of the common sort. men out of the mass of mankind.
men. Hebrew, plural of 'enosh, App-14.
the common sort. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Sabeans. Hebrew text reads "drunkards", But margin, and some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Sebeans".
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Ezekiel 23:43 open_in_new
and she. even hers. Ginsburg thinks it should read so it was". Compare Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:19.
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Ezekiel 23:44 open_in_new
they went. Hebrew text reads "came he".. special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came they".
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Ezekiel 23:45 open_in_new
the righteous... shall judge. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 20:10). App-92.
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Ezekiel 23:46 open_in_new
company. a gathered host.
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Ezekiel 23:49 open_in_new
sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
ye shall know, &c. Occurs only here, Ezekiel 13:9. and Ezekiel 24:24. Compare note on Ezekiel 6:7.