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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:1-49

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... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 23:44

This resolves the doubt of the former verse. In this metaphor the prophet expresseth the confederacy of the Jews, against God’s express command, with the nations round about them. The Jews enter league with these robbers, and admit their idols, and so commit whoredom with them; and these Sabeans probably admit some of the Jews’ idols too, and so commit whoredom with her, expressed in the last words of the 43rd verse. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 23:36-49

(Ezekiel 23:36-49)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 actual subject matter of these verses is closely connected with Ezekiel 23:16, more especially in the designation of the sins as adultery and bloodshed (compare Ezekiel 23:37 and Ezekiel 23:45 with Ezekiel 16:38). They committed adultery with the idols, thus placing the idols on a par with Jehovah as... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

Chapter 23Now 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 whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed ( Ezekiel 23:1-3 ),And he goes on to speak of these two daughters. The one's name is Aholah; she is the older one. And her younger sister is Aholibah. Now Aholah means her tent. Aholibah means her tent is in her. And in the interpreting... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:1-49

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 Aholah, or her tent, because they worshipped local divinities, and assembled under the shadow of trees and tents. Samaria is first mentioned under this comparison, because the kingdom of the ten tribes was the first to go astray, soon after the time of Solomon. She also doted on the invading... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 23:1-49

Ezekiel 23:1-49Samaria is Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah.Aholah and AholibahI. Sin is self-polluting and therefore self-destroying. Constant contact with sin will pollute the conscience, and render it powerless to fulfil the end for which it has been implanted in the man. It will destroy the understanding in the sense that it renders it unable to see and know the things of God (Ephesians 4:18-19). Sin persisted in defiles the will, and makes it like a palsied limb which has no power to perform... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:44

Eze 23:44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. Ver. 44. Yet they went in unto her. ] They committed idolatry without mean or measure, being woefully hardened and habituated therein. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 23:44

so went: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:9-1 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - played the harlot Jeremiah 32:30 - children read more

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