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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 23:1-49

(b) Judah and Israel’s Ripeness for Judgment (Ezekiel 23:0.)1And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, 2Son of man, there were 3two women, the daughters of one mother; And in Egypt they played the wanton; in their youth they wantoned, there were their breasts pressed, and 4there were the teats of their virginity bruised. And their names were “Oholah,” the great [greater], and “Oholibah” her sister; and they were mine, and bare sons and daughters; and their names were Samaria—Oholah, 5and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 23:1-49

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 her confederacy with the Assyrians in that she allowed herself to be seduced by their wealth and their strength, from her loyalty to Jehovah. He also reminded her of her former confederacy with Judah. In consequence of this double sin she was handed over to the Assyrians who overcame and oppressed... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:1-4

The Two Daughters. “The word of Yahweh came again to me saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. And they committed whoredoms in Egypt. They committed whoredoms in their youth. There were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. And the names of them were Oholah, the eldest, and Oholibah her sister. And they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholoibah.” The... read more

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 23:2

Two women; Judah and Israel, the two kingdoms. Daughters of one mother; sprung from Sarah; or, as some, daughters of the synagogue. They rose from one family; these two were daughters, that is parts, and the mother is the whole posterity of the twelve tribes. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-4

THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH REPRESENTED UNDER THE FIGURE OF TWO HARLOTS. (Chap 23)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Samaria and Jerusalem are the capitals and representations of the two kingdoms Israel and Judah. These two cities are presented under the allegory of two harlots who are sisters, and who have practiced whoredom from the days of Egypt onwards. (Ezekiel 23:2-4.)Ezekiel 23:1-4. The two harlot sisters are briefly described.Ezekiel 23:2. “Two women, the daughters of one mother.” “These two cities had... 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 23:2

Eze 23:2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: Ver. 2. There were two women. ] This is the same in effect with Ezekiel 16:1-63 , but there more plainly, here parabolically expressed. Sermo est eraditus et elegans, simul tamen spurcas et obscaenus, a to set forth the hatefulness of idolatry, creature confidence, and adultery. The daughters of one mother, ] scil., Synagogae, vel Sarce. Some think the prophet alludeth to Jacob’s two wives who were sisters. a Lavat. read more

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