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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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CUP. Compare Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:10....
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_her cup_ That which she drank, Isaiah 51:22-23; Jeremiah 25:15-16....
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THEREFORE WILL I GIVE HER CUP, &C.— "Thou shalt suffer the same
punishment as Samaria." See Ezekiel 23:33. The _cup_ is often used as
a metaphor to express chastisement. Comp. Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:...
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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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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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בְּ דֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחֹותֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְ
נָתַתִּ֥י...
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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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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her
(m) cup into thy hand.
(m) I will execute the same judgments and vengeance against you and
that with greater severity....
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_Cup. Thou shalt be punished like Samaria, dreadfully, 4 Kings xvii.
4. (Calmet)_...
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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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THOU HAST WALKED IN THE WAY OF THY SISTER,.... Samaria, or the ten
tribes of Israel; followed them in their idolatrous practices, were
guilty of the same:
THEREFORE WILL I GIVE HER CUP INTO THINE HAN...
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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her
cup into thine hand.
Ver. 31. _Therefore will I give her cup into thine hand._] An allusion
to the manner of feasts, whereat the s...
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_Therefore will I give her cup_, &c. I will make thee drink the same
bitter draught, or experience the same calamity that has fallen upon
her. God's judgments are often compared to a cup of intoxicati...
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Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister, following the wicked
example of Samaria; THEREFORE WILL I GIVE HER CUP INTO THINE HAND,
namely, the cup of her punishment....
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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THOU, O Jerusalem and Judah, HAST WALKED; hast run into the same
sinful enormities. THY SISTER; Samaria and the ten tribes, both great
idolatresses. HER CUP of judgments and sorrow, expressed frequent...
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Ezekiel 23:31 walked H1980 (H8804) way H1870 sister H269 put H5414
(H8804) cup H3563 hand H3027
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“You have walked in the way of your sister, therefore I will give
her cup into your hand.”
All could remember the stories of that terrible day when Samaria had
been ravaged and her people taken away b...
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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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2 Kings 21:13; Daniel 9:12; Ezekiel 16:47; Ezekiel 23:13; Jeremi