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Verse Ezekiel 23:42. _AND A VOICE OF A MULTITUDE_] This seems to be an
account of an idolatrous festival, where a riotous multitude was
assembled, and fellows of the baser sort, with _bracelets_ on th...
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A VOICE ... - Or, The voice of the tumult was stilled thereby. The
tumultuous cries of the invading army were stilled by these gifts.
Others render being at ease, “living carelessly.”
OF THE COMMON S...
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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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MULTITUDE, &c.. a careless throng.
WITH HER: or, in her: i.e. in Jerusalem.
MEN OF THE COMMON SORT. men out of the mass of mankind.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh,_ App-14.
THE COMMON SORT. Hebrew...
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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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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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_being at ease_ If the reading be correct "at ease" must refer to
careless living, a sense which the word has not elsewhere. LXX.
renders: and a sound of music they raised; but though the word
"multit...
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AND A VOICE, &C.— _And the voices of men singing harmoniously
sounded with them, together with a multitude of Sabaeans, who came
from the wilderness._ Houbigant....
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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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23:42 sort (c-18) Lit. 'from the crowd of men.' Sabeans (d-21)
Possibly 'drunkards.' their (e-30) i.e. of the two sisters....
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SABEANS] RV 'drunkards.'...
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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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A VOICE OF A MULTITUDE BEING AT EASE WAS WITH HER. — The words
“voice of a multitude,” wherever else they occur (1 Samuel 4:14;
Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 33:3; Danie
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וְ קֹ֣ול הָמֹון֮ שָׁלֵ֣ו בָהּ֒ וְ אֶל
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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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And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the
men of the common sort [were] brought (r) Sabeans from the wilderness,
who put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns up...
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_And that. Protestants, "Sabeans (marginal note and Septuagint,
drunkards) from," &c. Any were admitted (Haydock) to the priesthood
and to her favours, even the most rustic and deformed, 3 Kings xii....
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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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AND A VOICE OF A MULTITUDE BEING AT EASE WAS WITH HER,.... With
Aholibah, with the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: or, "in her", in
Jerusalem; or "in it", or "about it" h; the bed, or table, or both...
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And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the
men of the common sort [were] brought Sabeans from the wilderness,
which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon...
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_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...
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And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her, a loose and
boisterous crowd taking advantage of the invitation of Jerusalem; AND
WITH THE MEN OF THE COMMON SORT, the members of the mobs surgin...
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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COMMON SORT:
_ Heb._ of the multitude of men
SABEANS:
Or, drunkards...
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A VOICE OF A MULTITUDE; a shout for joy, that there was a treaty of
peace between the Jews and the Chaldeans, or songs of gladness for the
peace made, and confirmed, not in God's name, but in the name...
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“And the voice of a partying crowd (a multitude being at ease) was
with her, and with men of a common sort were brought drunkards from
the wilderness. And they put bracelets on their hands and beautif...
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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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Amos 6:1; Exodus 32:18; Exodus 32:19; Exodus 32:6; Ezekiel 16:11;...
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A voice — A shout for joy, that there was a treaty of peace between
the Jews, and the Chaldeans....