Ezekiel 23:24

And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. SHALL COME AGAINST THEE WITH CHARIOTS, WAGONS - [ hotsen (H2021) rekeb (H7393)] 'with chariots;' or, 'with armaments;' so Septuagint: 'axes' (Maurer); or, better, joining it with "wagons," translate, 'with scythe-armed wagons,' or "chariots" (Grotius). AND WHEELS. The unusual height of these increased their formidable appearance (Ezekiel 1:16). They shall judge thee according to their judgment...

WITH CHARIOTS ... - Better “with armor, horsemen, and chariot.”...

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 Israel in its collective unity. There we have two sister harlots, the daughters of one mother, and they are Samaria and Jerusalem, as both belonging to Israel. For the purpose of the parable, they are represented as having had a separate existence, even during the period of the sojourn in Egypt. This was probably historically true, the line of cleavage caused by the claims of Ephraim to supremacy appearing again and again long before the revolt of the tea tribes under Jeroboam (Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1;...

AND THEY SHALL COME AGAINST THEE WITH CHARIOTS, WAGONS, AND WHEELS,.... With "chariots", in which were their princes and great men, their chief commanders, generals, and captains, and in which they fought, as was usual in those times; and with "wagons", to carry their provisions and warlike stores; and with "wheels", that is, either with chariots and wagons that ran upon wheels, or with wheels for them in case they should break down; the first of these words here, according to some Jewish interpreters, as Donesh in Jarchi, signifies warlike instruments in general; and the second word is used for chariots: and so the whole is paraphrased by the Targum, "and they shall come against thee with instruments of war, with chariots and wheels;'' all which denotes how well prepared they should be, and with what swiftness they would come: and with an assembly of people, which shall set against t...

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 latter denotes the fact that the true sanctuary was in Judah. The sins and vileness of both are portrayed throughout this long chapter, as well as the deserved punishment....

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 present. Its underlying imagery is the same as that of ch. 16, but it differs from that chapter in dealing with the northern and southern kingdoms separately (_cf. Ezekiel 16:46_) and in emphasizing political rather than religious entanglements, though of course foreign alliances did as a matter of fact involve the recognition of foreign gods, i_.e._ idolatry (Ezekiel 22:7). Samaria and Jerusalem, the capitals of Israel and Judah respectively, are described as sisters married to Yahweh (_cf._ Jacob with his two sister wives). Their names, Oholah and Oholibah, are significantly connected with t

WAGONS. chariots. AN ASSEMBLY. a gathered host. PEOPLE. peoples....

with _chariots_ The term is entirely unknown; LXX. _from the north_. Boettcher suggested the word "multitude" (Ezekiel 26:10), a sense which Frd. Del. (Baer, _Ez_. p. xi.) thinks can be reached through the Assyr., the present word remaining unchanged. For people PEOPLES. _set judgment_ i.e. commit it unto them, Deu 11:26; 1 Kings 8:46. _according to their judgments_ lit. _with_their judgments, which are cruel and savage, Ezekiel 23:25....

THEY SHALL COME AGAINST THEE— _They shall bring against thee from the north chariots and wheels,_ &c. _And I will give them the power of judgment, that they may execute judgment upon thee._ Houbigant....

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, and I will bring them against you round about; (23) the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shea and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and rulers all of them, captains and counselors, all of them riding upon horses. (24) And they shall come against you with hosts,[359] chariots, wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; with shield, buckler, and helmet they shall set themselves against you round about; and I will commit judgment to them, and they will judge you with their judgments. (25) And I will set My jealousy against You, and they shall deal with you in wrath; they shall remove your nose and your ears, and the rest of you shall fall with the swor...