Darby's translation notes (1890)
Ezekiel 23:37
23:37 them (a-26) Or 'have also devoted unto them.' see Notes, chs. 16.21; 20.26. children, (b-28) Or 'sons.'
23:37 them (a-26) Or 'have also devoted unto them.' see Notes, chs. 16.21; 20.26. children, (b-28) Or 'sons.'
BLOOD - One of the chief sins of Manasseh was that he shed innocent blood 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4....
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...
ADULTERY. Put (like whoredom) for all idolatry, as being unfaithfulness to Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 16:15. CAUSED. set apart. TO PASS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus
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...
_that they have committed_ FOR they have. The blood on their hands is that of their children whom they sacrifice. See Ezekiel 16:20-21....
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...
כִּ֣י נִאֵ֗פוּ וְ דָם֙ בִּֽ ידֵיהֶ֔ן וְ
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...
That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through [th...
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...
THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY,.... Either literally, adultery with their neighbours' wives, which was a prevailing sin with this people; or figuratively, spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry: AN...
That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through ...
_Wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah_ That is, Samaria and Jerusalem? The meaning is, _Wilt thou not judge_, or, _Wilt thou not condemn them? That they have committed adultery, and blood is_, &c. That...
The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
that they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, the blood of unlawful sacrifices; AND WITH THEIR IDOLS HAVE THEY COMMITTED ADULTERY, for the spiritual adultery of idol-worship was ofte...
THEY HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY: this seems to refer to corporal uncleannesses. BLOOD IS IN THEIR HANDS; innocent blood of the murdered prophets and just men. COMMITTED ADULTERY; spiritual adultery, i.e....
Ezekiel 23:37 adultery H5003 (H8765) blood H1818 hands H3027 adultery H5003 (H8765) idols H1544 sons H1121 bore...
THE CHARGES EZEKIEL IS TO BRING AGAINST SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. ‘Moreover Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations, for they have com...
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...
2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 24:4; Deuteronomy 12:31;...