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Verse Ezekiel 23:47. _SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONES_] As they did
adulteresses under the law. See Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22,
compared with...
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The judgment to be executed by the hands of their allies.
Ezekiel 23:45
THE RIGHTEOUS MEN - Or, righteous men. The allies are so called as the
instruments of God’s righteous judgments.
Ezekiel 23:4...
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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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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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And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with
their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn
up their houses with fire.
THE COMPANY SHALL STONE THEM W...
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23:47 them (h-11) Or 'hew them in pieces.' cf. 21.19, Note....
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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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WITH STONES... WITH SWORDS. — The figure and the reality are here
designedly mixed. Stoning was the legal punishment of adultery, but
the actual overthrow of Jerusalem was by the sword....
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וְ רָגְמ֨וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֥ן אֶ֨בֶן֙ קָהָ֔ל
וּ בָרֵ֥
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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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_Stones, like adulteresses, chap. xvi. 38., and Leviticus xx. 10.
(Haydock) --- Let the walls be demolished. (Calmet)_...
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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 THE COMPANY SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONES,.... Which was the
punishment of adulterers and idolaters, Deuteronomy 13:10, this seems
to refer to the Chaldean army casting out stones from their slings...
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And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with
their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn
up their houses with fire.
Ver. 47. _And the company shall...
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_And the righteous men, they shall judge them_ All just judges, yea,
all men that have any sense of common honesty, will condemn their
conduct, and pronounce them deserving of the punishment of
adulte...
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And the company shall stone them with stones, the usual mode of
execution in the case of adulteresses, AND DISPATCH THEM WITH THEIR
SWORDS, as though removing them out of their misery; THEY SHALL SLAY...
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The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
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DISPATCH THEM:
Or, single them out...
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THE COMPANY, Heb. _congregation_, the Babylonian army. STONE THEM; the
punishment of an adulteress; and this was in a manner done when the
engines, which cast mighty stones into the besieged city, das...
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“And the gathering (of men) will stone them with stones, and
despatch them with swords. They will slay their sons and their
daughters and burn their houses with fire.”
The gathering of men turn out to...
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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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2 Chronicles 36:17; Deuteronomy 13:16; Ezekiel 16:41; Ezekiel 23:25;...
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The company — The Babylonian army....