Ezekiel 23:36-49

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 description, parallel to these verses.

(1) Ezekiel 23:36. The adulteries, that is, idolatries, and bloodshed of which the two women are guilty.

(2) vv, 38, 39. Their profaning the house of Jehovah, and breaking; his Sabbaths the former particularly in their entering his house fresh from the sacrifice of their children.

(3) Ezekiel 23:40. Their alliances with idolatrous nations and receiving their gods, under the figure of a harlot receiving and entertaining men.

(4) Ezekiel 23:45. Their punishment with the death of an adulteress at the hands of righteous men. The text in some passages is extremely difficult.