Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 23:41
Sattest — Prepared to feast them. A stately bed — A magnificent bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leaned on their sides. Incense — Offered to their idols.
Sattest — Prepared to feast them. A stately bed — A magnificent bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leaned on their sides. Incense — Offered to their idols.
Verse Ezekiel 23:41. _AND SATEST UPON A STATELY BED_] Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at D...
The figure is that of a woman decked in all her beauty, sitting on a couch (not bed) at a banquet prepared for those whom she has invited. This further offence is not one of idolatry, but that of cour...
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...
A STATELY BED. Compare Proverbs 7:16. Isa 67:8, Isa 67:9,...
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...
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...
_a table prepared_ i.e. spread. _hast set mine incense_ DIDST SET. The words indicate that service of other gods is referred to under the figure of the harlot's entertainment....
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...
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...
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...
A STATELY BED is rather the couch or divan used for reclining at a feast. “Mine incense and mine oil” (comp. Ezekiel 16:18) may be taken simply as the products of the land, the good gifts of God which...
וְ יָשַׁבְתְּ֙ עַל ־מִטָּ֣ה כְבוּדָּ֔ה וְ שֻׁ
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...
And satest (q) upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil. (q) He means the altar that was prepared for the idols....
_Bed: it seems at table, Amos ii. 8., and Tobias ii. 3. --- Ointment; using them for thyself, or presenting them to idols, Exodus xxx. 23, 33. (Calmet)_...
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...
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...
AND SATEST UPON A STATELY BED,.... Or honourable g, a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a f...
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. Ver. 41. _And satest._] For entertainment sake. _ Whereupon thou hast set mine incen...
_And furthermore, ye have sent for men to come from far,_ &c. Here the same thing which was spoken of in the former part of the chapter, is mentioned again in other words, namely, their courting the a...
and satest upon a stately bed, on an elaborately cushioned couch, AND A TABLE PREPARED BEFORE IT, WHEREUPON THOU HAST SET MINE INCENSE AND MINE OIL, gifts of the Lord and properly made as sacrifices t...
The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
STATELY: _ Heb._ honourable...
SAFEST; it is a table gesture, as appears, she was prepared to feast them. UPON A STATELY BED; a magnificent, rich bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leant on their sides, which would not have...
Ezekiel 23:41 sat H3427 (H8804) stately H3520 couch H4296 table H7979 prepared H6186 (H8803) before H6440 set...
IN HIS ANGER GOD THEN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. “And furthermore you sent for men who came from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and lo, they came. For whom you washed yourself, and...
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 23:36 Having reached a stopping point, the oracle restarts, once again naming OHOLAH AND OHOLIBAH (v. Ezekiel 23:36; see note on v....
(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...
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...
Amos 2:8; Amos 6:4; Esther 1:6; Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 16:19;...