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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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THEY WENT. Hebrew text reads "came he".. special various reading
called _Sevir_ (App-34), with some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint,
Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came they"....
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_Yet they went_ AND they. The verse sums up all that precedes.
_the lewd women_ The form of _plur_. "women" does not occur again,
though the usual one in Assyr. LXX., _to work_lewdness....
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These verses hardly refer to political alliances merely; Ezekiel 23:41
suggests idolatrous worship. As the foreign gods came in, however,
through intercourse with the nations which served them they ar...
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New exposure of the immoralities of Oholah and Oholibah (Ezekiel
23:36), and threat of their punishment (Ezekiel 23:45)
The passage is not a continuation of Ezekiel 23:1, but an independent
descripti...
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E. Further Indictment of the Two Sisters 23:36-49
TRANSLATION
(36) And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, will you judge Oholah and
Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. (37) For they ha...
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The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah
and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
A summing up of the sins of the two sisters, especially those of
Judah. 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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UNTO AHOLAH AND UNTO AHOLIBAH. — From Ezekiel 23:11 the discourse
has been altogether of Aholibah, as the one now immediately concerned;
but from Ezekiel 23:36, in the enumeration of their sins, both...
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וַ יָּבֹ֣וא אֵלֶ֔יהָ כְּ בֹ֖וא אֶל
־אִשָּׁ֣ה
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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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We have here only a continuation of the same melancholy rehearsal of
crimes, of one sister that had been charged also against the other.
The subject is but one, though lengthened so many verses. I wil...
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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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YET THEY WENT IN UNTO HER,.... Made a league with one another, and
joined in idolatrous worship:
AS THEY GO IN UNTO A WOMAN THAT PLAYETH THE HARLOT; with the same heat
of lust, with the same greedine...
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Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the
harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
Ver. 44. _Yet they went in unto her._] They committed ido...
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_Then I said unto her that was_ grown _old in adulteries_ Aholibah,
who had been long idolatrous. The words import that experience might,
before this time, have sufficiently convinced her of the folly...
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Yet they went in unto her; as they go in unto a woman that playeth the
harlot, so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
In spite of all the warnings of God they became guilty of...
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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Ezekiel 23:44 in H935 (H8799) in H935 (H8800) woman H802 harlot H2181
(H8802) in H935 ...
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“Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now will they
commit whoredoms with her, and she with them'. And they went in to her
as they go into a prostitute, so they went in to Oholah and Oholiba...
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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 23:36 Having reached a stopping point, the
oracle restarts, once again naming OHOLAH AND OHOLIBAH (v. Ezekiel
23:36; see note on v....
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(Ezekiel 23:36)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Judah and Samaria are considered as joined
together in their sin and punishment.
Ezekiel 23:37. “THEY HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY, AND BLOOD IS IN THEIR
HANDS.” “The act...
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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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Ezekiel 23:3; Ezekiel 23:9...