John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1
The word of the Lord came unto me ,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; another prophecy, one upon the same subject, as in Ezekiel 16:1 , saying ; as follows: read more
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John Gill
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 23:1
The seventh word of judgment. The allegory of Aholah and Aholibah. 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 23:1
the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:1
ALLEGORY OF OHOLAH AND OHOLIBAH; SAMARIA AND JERUSALEMSeveral of the authors whose works we have consulted with reference to this chapter have called the language of it repulsive, erotic, crude, indelicate and disgusting. We do not agree with such an attack. Our society has almost removed the common words for sin from their vocabulary.The prodigal waster refers to himself as "generous," or "liberal." The stingy miser thinks of himself as "thrifty." The drunkard parades as "sociable," or as an... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:1-3
The Lord gave Ezekiel a story about two sisters who had one mother (cf. Jeremiah 3:7). These young girls became prostitutes in Egypt and allowed men to fondle their breasts. That is, they allowed the Egyptians to become intimate with them even though they were to be faithful to the Lord alone (cf. Ezekiel 16:26; Ezekiel 20:7-8; Numbers 25:3-9; Joshua 24:14; 2 Kings 21:15; Hosea 1:2). One evidence of the idolatry that the Israelites had adopted from the Egyptians came to the surface in the... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:1-4
Israel’s lustful youth 23:1-4 read more
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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