"Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:"
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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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_girded with girdles_ The "girdles" were properly not belts or sashes,
but articles of clothing, tunics or waist-cloths (Isaiah 11:5). "It
appears, however, from the monuments that the Assyrians used...
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C. Jerusalem's Prostitution 23:11-21
TRANSLATION
(11) And her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became corrupt in her
doting more than she, and in harlotries more than the harlotries of
her sister. ...
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Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon
their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the
Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
EXCEEDI...
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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
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The *Lord had made special promises to *Israel. Those...
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חֲגֹורֵ֨י אֵזֹ֜ור בְּ מָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם
סְרוּחֵ֤י טְבוּלִים֙ בְּ
רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם מַרְאֵ֥ה שָׁלִשִׁ֖ים
כֻּלָּ֑ם דְּמ֤וּת בְּנֵֽי...
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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 g...
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GIRDED WITH GIRDLES UPON THEIR LOINS,.... As a token of dignity and
authority; see Isaiah 11:5, which was the peculiar custom of the
Babylonians, as Kimchi, from the Talmudists, observes: "exceeding i...
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_Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon
their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the
Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:_
Ver. 15....
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_Then_ When she neither took warning nor feared; _I saw that she was
defiled_ That her heart was already set on her idols; _that they both_
Samaria and Jerusalem; _took one way_ That Judah fell into t...
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THE SPIRITUAL ADULTERY OF THE TWO KINGDOMS...
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WITH GIRDLES UPON THEIR LOINS; with soldiers belts about their loins,
which includes the rest of the garb, dress, or habit of soldiers.
EXCEEDING IN DYED ATTIRE; both rich, comely, large, and of diver...
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Ezekiel 23:15 Girded H2289 belts H232 waists H4975 Flowing H5628
(H8803) turbans H2871 heads H7218 looking H4758 captains H7991 manner
H1823 Babylonians H1121 H894 Chaldea H3778 land H776 nativity H41...
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“And she increased her whoredoms, for she saw men portrayed on the
wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, belted
with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, al...
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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.
Ezekiel 23:4. _Samaria is Ahola...
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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 23:11.)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The spiritual adultery of Judah with Assyria, in
which she surpasses Samaria in her iniquity.
Ezekiel 23:11. “SHE WAS MORE CORRUPT IN HER INORDINATE LOVE.”
“Judah...
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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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1 Samuel 18:4; 2 Samuel 14:25; Isaiah 22:21; Judges 8:18...
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Girded — With soldiers belts, which includes the rest of the habit
of soldiers. In dyed attire — Both rich, comely, large, and of
divers colours. Princes — Of princely aspect and majesty....