Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Ezekiel 23:31
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.
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.
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...
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...
CUP. Compare Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:10....
_her cup_ That which she drank, Isaiah 51:22-23; Jeremiah 25:15-16....
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:...
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...
Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. THEREFORE WILL I GIVE HER CUP INTO THINE HAND - "her cup" of punishment. (; ; , etc.) Thy guilt and that of...
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...
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...
בְּ דֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחֹותֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְ נָתַתִּ֥י...
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...
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...
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....
_Cup. Thou shalt be punished like Samaria, dreadfully, 4 Kings xvii. 4. (Calmet)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
Ezekiel 23:31 walked H1980 (H8804) way H1870 sister H269 put H5414 (H8804) cup H3563 hand H3027
“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...
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...
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....
_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...
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
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
(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...
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...
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...
2 Kings 21:13; Daniel 9:12; Ezekiel 16:47; Ezekiel 23:13; Jeremi