Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Ezekiel 23:32
It containeth much. — The cup of humiliation already drunk by Samaria was large, and filled with pain and sorrow, yet Jerusalem must drink it amid the derision of her neighbours.
It containeth much. — The cup of humiliation already drunk by Samaria was large, and filled with pain and sorrow, yet Jerusalem must drink it amid the derision of her neighbours.
Verse Ezekiel 23:32. _THOU SHALT DRINK OF THY SISTER'S CUP_] Thou shalt be ruined and desolated as Samaria was....
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...
_sister's cup deep_ i.e. which is deep. The words "thou shalt … derision" are parenthetical; LXX. omits....
D. The Punishment of Jerusalem 23:22-35 TRANSLATION (22) Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold I am about to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom your soul is alienated, a...
_THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; THOU SHALT DRINK OF THY SISTER'S CUP DEEP AND LARGE: THOU SHALT BE LAUGHED TO_ _ THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD; THOU SHALT DRINK OF THY SISTER'S CUP DEEP AND LARGE: THOU SHALT BE L...
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...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה כֹּ֤וס אֲחֹותֵךְ֙...
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...
The Reader will enter into the beauties of this Chapter, and the design of it also, if he takes with him the consideration all the way along as he reads it, that the whole scope of the Chapter is to s...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, THOU SHALL DRINK OF THY SISTER'S CUP DEEP AND LARGE,.... That is, partake of the same punishment, which was very great, signified by a deep and large cup, which holds much: T...
_Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much._ Ver. 32. Thou shaIt drink of thy sister's cup d...
_Therefore will I give her cup_, &c. I will make thee drink the same bitter draught, or experience the same calamity that has fallen upon her. God's judgments are often compared to a cup of intoxicati...
The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large, in full draughts; THOU SHALT BE LAUGHED TO SCORN AND HAD IN DERISION, an object of mockery and contempt on every hand; IT...
THOU SHALT DRINK; thou shalt not put it by, and shift it off. DEEP; towards the dregs, where the bitterest poison of it lieth. AND LARGE; in great quantity; thy punishment shall be most grievous who m...
Ezekiel 23:32 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 drink H8354 (H8799) sisters H269 cup H3563 deep...
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Your sister's cup you will drink, Deep and large, You will be laughed at and derided, It contains much. Drunkenness and sorrow you will be filled with, A cup of waste...
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 23:32 Two further THUS SAYS introductions frame the final outcomes. The CUP (see v. Ezekiel 23:31) i
(Ezekiel 23:22.) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The transgression of Jerusalem is followed by her punishment. Ezekiel 23:23. “PEKOD, AND SHOA, AND KOA.” “From the circumstance that these names occur in immediate...
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...
1 Kings 9:7; Deuteronomy 28:37; Ezekiel 22:4; Ezekiel 22:5; Ezekiel 2
It — Is large, and contains what will last many years, even 'till the seventy years be expired....