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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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her _neighbours_ The order is: the Assyrians, governors and satraps,
warriors clothed … See on Ezekiel 23:5. The intervention of Assyria
in the affairs of Judah was caused by the appeal of Ahaz for he...
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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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23:12 gorgeously, (f-15) Lit. 'perfectly.'...
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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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THE ASSYRIANS] The southern kingdom made alliance with Assyria in the
days of Ahaz, who eagerly introduced foreign idolatries (2 Kings
16:7). Except in the reign of Hezekiah the Assyrian overlordship...
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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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HER NEIGHBOURS. — See Note on Ezekiel 23:5. In both places the
warriors of Assyria are described in the most attractive way to carry
out the figure; they are also spoken of as very powerful, to explai...
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אֶל ־בְּנֵי֩ אַשּׁ֨וּר עָגָ֜בָה
פַּחֹ֨ות וּ ס
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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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SHE DOTED UPON THE ASSYRIANS HER NEIGHBOURS,.... As in the times of
Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, for help; and from
whence he took the pattern of an altar, and had one built like...
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She doted upon the Assyrians [her] neighbours, captains and rulers
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them
desirable young men.
Ver. 12. _She doted._] _Amantes amentes._ Lov...
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_When her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt _ Jerusalem
was so far from taking warning by the judgments inflicted on Samaria,
that she advanced to greater degrees of idolatry. _She doted...
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She doted upon the Assyrians, her neighbors, having conceived a sinful
affection for the heathenish neighbors and seeking an alliance with
them, CAPTAINS AND RULERS CLOTHED MOST GORGEOUSLY, HORSEMEN R...
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THE SPIRITUAL ADULTERY OF THE TWO KINGDOMS...
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This verse is the same with EZEKIEL 23:6, which see; only the clothing
of blue there is here clothing of beauty; i.e. most beautiful....
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Ezekiel 23:12 lusted H5689 (H8804) neighboring H7138 Assyrians H1121
H804 Captains H6346 rulers H5461 Clothed H3847
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“She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbours,
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them
desirable young men. And I saw that she was defiled. They both took
o...
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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 23:12 The ASSYRIANS dominated Manasseh’s
era (see 2 Chronicles 33:11)....
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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 w...
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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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2 Chronicles 28:16; 2 Kings 16:7; Ezekiel 16:28; Ezekiel 23:23;...