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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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WHOREDOMS. idolatries.
EGYPT. Compare Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 20:8. pressed. handled, as in
verses: Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 23:21....
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The two kingdoms are represented ideally as already existing in Egypt.
This is not so far from the truth. The great tribes of Judah and
Ephraim from the first stood apart, and in their attitude there...
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II. A SAD HISTORY 23:1-49
In chapter 23 Ezekiel vividly portrays the history of the sister
kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Israel is represented here by Samaria,
and Judah by Jerusalem. They are allegor...
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And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in
their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised
the teats of their virginity.
THEY COMMITTED WHOREDOMS IN EG...
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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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Another instance of Ezekiel's belief that Israel practised idolatry in
Egypt: see Ezekiel 20:8. Of course the distinction between the two
branches of the nation does not really go back so far....
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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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IN EGYPT. — The idolatries of Israel in Egypt have already been
spoken of in the Note to Ezekiel 20:8. (See also Ezekiel 23:19 below.)...
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וַ תִּזְנֶ֣ינָה בְ מִצְרַ֔יִם בִּ
נְעוּרֵיהֶ֖ן...
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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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And they committed harlotries in (b) Egypt; they committed harlotries
in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they
bruised the teats of their virginity.
(b) They became idolaters...
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_Fornication. That is, idolatry. (Challoner) --- Down. Virgins used
the stomacher, or (Haydock) fascia pectoralis, Isaias iii. 24. This
chapter resembles the 16th. (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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AND THEY COMMITTED WHOREDOMS IN EGYPT,.... When they were but one
body, one nation; and while they sojourned as strangers in that land
they learned and practised the idolatries of it, Joshua 24:14, an...
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And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in
their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised
the teats of their virginity.
Ver. 3. _And they committed whor...
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_There were two women, daughters of one mother_ Judah and Israel, two
kingdoms. “Countries are commonly represented as mothers of their
people, and the inhabitants as their children: so _the daughters...
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THEY COMMITTED WHOREDOMS IN EGYPT; when they came down into Egypt, and
sojourned there: possibly they might commit bodily whoredoms, but
spiritual whoredoms, i.e. idolatry, they did certainly commit,...
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Ezekiel 23:3 harlotry H2181 (H8799) Egypt H4714 harlotry H2181 (H8804)
youth H5271 breasts H7699 embraced H4600 ...
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THE TWO DAUGHTERS.
“The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, Son of man, there were
two women, the daughters of one mother. And they committed whoredoms
in Egypt. They committed whoredoms in their...
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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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THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH REPRESENTED UNDER THE FIGURE OF TWO
HARLOTS. (Chap 23)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Samaria and Jerusalem are the capitals and
representations of the two kingdoms Israel and 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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Deuteronomy 29:16; Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 20:8; Ezekiel 23:19;...
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Whoredoms — Idolatry....