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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-10

God had often spoken to Ezekiel, and by him to the people, to this effect, but now his word comes again; for God speaks the same thing once, yea, twice, yea, many a time, and all little enough, and too little, for man perceives it not. Note, To convince sinners of the evil of sin, and of their misery and danger by reason of it, there is need of line upon line, so loth we are to know the worst of ourselves. The sinners that are here to be exposed are two women, two kingdoms, sister-kingdoms,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:2

Son of man, there were two women ,.... Or two nations and kingdoms, the kingdom of Israel or the ten tribes, and the kingdom of Judah or the two tribes. So the Targum, "son of man, prophesy concerning two provinces, which are as two women:' the daughters of one mother ; either Sarah the wife of Abraham, from whom they sprung; or because they were originally one kingdom and nation; so they were when they came out of Egypt, and during the times of the judges, and in the reigns of David... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:2

Son of man, there were two women - All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah; and, till the schism under Rehoboam, formed but one people: but as these ten tribes and a half separated from Judah and Benjamin, they became two distinct people under different kings; called the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel. They are called here, because of their consanguinity, two sisters. The elder, Samaria, (for there was the seat of government for the kingdom of Israel),... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

Inexcusable infidelity. What it must have cost the patriotic prophet to write this chapter passes our power to imagine. The Jew was naturally and pardonably proud of his country and of its history. No thoughtful Jew could, indeed, be insensible to imperfections and flaws in the national character, to stains upon the nation's annals. But in this passage of his prophecies the dark shading is relieved by no gleam of light. Israel is depicted as bad from the days of Egyptian bondage down to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 23:2

Of one mother - Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:2-3

Ezekiel 23:2-3. There were two women, daughters of one mother Judah and Israel, two kingdoms. “Countries are commonly represented as mothers of their people, and the inhabitants as their children: so the daughters of Syria signify the inhabitants of that country, Ezekiel 16:57. Thus Samaria and Jerusalem are described in this chapter as sisters, the offspring of the same land, or country.” And they committed whoredoms in Egypt The Israelites first learned idolatry in Egypt, for Abraham,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-35

Two prostitute sisters (23:1-35)God’s chosen nation was saved from Egypt and settled in Canaan, but it soon divided into two, the northern kingdom Israel (capital: Samaria) and the southern kingdom Judah (capital: Jerusalem). The prophet likens these two kingdoms to two sisters who became prostitutes (23:1-4).The prostitution of Israel and Judah was their unfaithfulness to God in forming military alliances with foreign nations instead of trusting in him. Israel, the northern kingdom, was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 23:2

Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . two women. Two sisters, representing respectively Samaria and Jerusalem. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 23:2

Ezekiel 23:2. There were two women, &c.— The Hebrews, derived from one source, born of Abraham and Sarah, made but one people, and continued united till the separation under Jeroboam. Then the ten tribes being separated from Judah and Benjamin, they formed as it were two people, governed by different kings. Aholah, the eldest of the two sisters, denotes the kingdom of Samaria, or the ten tribes; the word אהלה ahalah, signifies her tent or tabernacle: she is styled the elder, either on... read more

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