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In Ezekiel 23:1 Samaria and Jerusalem are called two sisters, Aholah
and Aholibah, in their ungodly relation with Assyria and Chaldea.
Aholah means “her tent.” Aholibah, “my tent is in her.” The
latte...
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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 pres...
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THUS WILL I MAKE, &C.— "These severe judgments shall effectually
deter thee from idolatry, and make thee to abhor the least approaches
towards it." Accordingly, we find that after the captivity the Je...
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D. The Punishment of Jerusalem 23:22-35
TRANSLATION
(22) Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold I am about
to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom your soul is
alienated, a...
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom
brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine
eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
THUS WILL I MAKE...
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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 (Samaria) an...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 23
* The *Lord had made special promises to *Israel. Those...
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וְ הִשְׁבַּתִּ֤י זִמָּתֵךְ֙ מִמֵּ֔ךְ
וְ אֶת ־
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OHOLA AND OHOLIBAH
Ezekiel 23:1
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 which enter...
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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 h...
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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 s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23.
Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her
priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand
in the ga...
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THUS WILL I MAKE THY LEWDNESS TO CEASE FROM THEE,.... That is, their
idolatry; for, after this captivity, the Jews never were guilty of
idolatry any more:
AND THY WHOREDOM BROUGHT FROM THE LAND OF EG...
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom
[brought] from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine
eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Ver. 27. _Then w...
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_I will set my jealousy against thee_, &c. I will be against thee, as
a jealous man is against his wife; _and they shall deal furiously_ And
they, as the executioners of my wrath, shall act toward the...
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, so that the Jews
would learn to abhor idolatry, AND THY WHOREDOM BROUGHT FROM THE LAND
OF EGYPT, which had persisted through all these centuries, SO T...
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By these destroying judgments, which shall make thee cease to be a
people, I will put an end to the lewdness thou wouldst never have put
end to, thou shalt never have opportunity, if thou hadst heart,...
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Ezekiel 23:27 cease H7673 (H8689) lewdness H2154 harlotry H2184 land
H776 Egypt H4714 lift H5375 (H8799) eyes...
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“Her nobles in her midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed
blood and to destroy people, that they may get dishonest gain.”
This confirms that the royal princes were in mind in 25, for they w...
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CONTENTS: Parable of Aholah and Aholibah. Sentence passed upon Judah.
CHARACTERS: Ezekiel, Aholah, Aholibah.
CONCLUSION: Whatever creature we dote upon we make an idol of, and
what we make an idol o...
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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....
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_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 powerless...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 23:1 The allegory of the unfaithful sisters
parallels ch. Ezekiel 16:1. Jerusalem’s destruction is depicted as
yet more just and certain in light of the judgment that befell he
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 23:22 As in ch. Ezekiel 16:1, the lovers
become the punishers. Twice here the phrase THUS SAYS THE LORD GOD
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(Ezekiel 23:22.)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The transgression of Jerusalem is followed by her
punishment.
Ezekiel 23:23. “PEKOD, AND SHOA, AND KOA.” “From the
circumstance that these names occur in immediate...
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EXPOSITION
After another pause, the prophet enters on another elaborate parallel,
after the pattern of Ezekiel 16:1; but with a marked variation. There
we have the history of one harlot, _s.c. _of Isr...
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Now in chapter 23:
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, Son of man there were
two women, who were the daughters of one mother: Now they committed
whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whored...
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Ezekiel 16:41; Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 23:19; Ezekiel 23:3; Isaiah 27: