Ezekiel 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

The Fall of Oholah (of Samaria).

“And Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine.”

Here was the first downfall after the restoration. Oholah had proved false. She had been Yahweh's own, but she had turned from the pure worship of Yahweh to other lovers, and her behaviour had followed suit.

Ezekiel 23:5

5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,