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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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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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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the
hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy
mind is alienated: I WILL DELIVER THEE INTO THE HAND OF THEM WHOM...
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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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כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה
הִנְנִי֙ נ
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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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FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, I WILL DELIVER THEE INTO THE HAND OF THEM
WHOM THOU HATEST,.... The Chaldeans and Babylonians, before loved by
her, and doted upon, but now hated and rebelled against; and...
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For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand
[of them] whom thou hatest, into the hand [of them] from whom thy mind
is alienated:
Ver. 28. _I will deliver thee._] God hath a...
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_Behold, I will deliver thee_, &c. I will give thee up into the power
of the Chaldeans, whom thou wast formerly fond of, Ezekiel 23:22; but
since thou hast broken thy league and friendship with them,...
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand
of them whom thou, after her recent transfer of affection, HATEST,
INTO THE HAND OF THEM FROM WHOM THY MIND IS ALIENATED;...
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DELIVER THEE, give thee up, INTO THE HAND, to the power and will, OF
THEM WHOM THOU HATEST: those shall be the masters, and domineer over
thee, whom of all men thou didst most desire might not. It is...
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“And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar,
seeing vanity and divining lies to them, saying ‘Thus says the Lord
Yahweh' when Yahweh has not spoken.”
As with the royal masters, so wi...
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OHOLIBAH (JERUSALEM) WILL DRINK OF THE CUP OF SUFFERING AND
DESOLATION.
‘For thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold I will deliver you into
the hands of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from 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 16:37; Ezekiel 23:17; Ezekiel 23:22; Jeremiah 21:7;...