What does Ezekiel 23:43 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredomsi with her, and she with them?"
WILL THEY NOW COMMIT ... - Rather, Now shall there be committed her whoredom, even this; i. e., when Israel and Judah had courted these alliances God said in wrath, “This sin too shall be committed, a...
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...
AND SHE. even hers. Ginsburg thinks it should read so it was". Compare Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 16:19....
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...
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...
23:43 her (f-5) Or 'to her.' she. (g-18) Some read 'Will they now commit fornications [with her], even with her,' or 'and she [with them]?'...
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...
WILL THEY NOW COMMIT? — This should not be made a question, nor should the opening of Ezekiel 23:44 be made adversative. The thought is that, after all means of reclamation had failed, God gave her up...
וָ אֹמַ֕ר לַ † בָּלָ֖ה נִֽאוּפִ֑ים _עַתָּ֛ה_† _יִזְנ֥וּ_† תַזְנוּתֶ֖הָ וָ הִֽיא׃...
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...
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 g...
THEN SAID I UNTO HER THAT WAS OLD IN ADULTERIES,.... That had been an old adulterer or idolater; meaning either Aholah the ten tribes, who from Jeroboam's time had been guilty of idolatry; or Aholibah...
Then said I unto [her that was] old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she [with them]? Ver. 43. _To her that was old in adulteries._] _Inveteratae et detritae,_ withered and...
_Then I said unto her that was_ grown _old in adulteries_ Aholibah, who had been long idolatrous. The words import that experience might, before this time, have sufficiently convinced her of the folly...
The Lord's Punishment upon the two Kingdoms...
WHOREDOMS WITH HER: _ Heb._ Her whoredoms...
THEN SAID I; after the manner of man God seems to stand musing, or saying to himself, or it may be supposed that God speaks to the prophet, asking him. UNTO HER; or rather, of her, concerning her. OLD...
Ezekiel 23:43 said H559 (H8799) old H1087 adulteries H5004 commit H2181 (H8799) harlotry H8457 old - Ezra 9:7; Psalms 106:6; Jeremiah 13:23; Daniel 9:16 whoredoms with her - Heb. her whoredoms...
“Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now will they commit whoredoms with her, and she with them'. And they went in to her as they go into a prostitute, so they went in to Oholah and Oholiba...
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. Ezekiel 23:4. _Samaria is Ahola...
_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 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...
Daniel 9:16; Ezra 9:7; Jeremiah 13:23; Psalms 106:6...