Ezekiel 23:20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:11-21

The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten tribes had apostatized (Hos. 11:12; Ephraim indeed compasses me about with lies, but Judah yet rules with God and is faithful with the saints; and this was justly expected from them: Hos. 4:15; Though thou Israel play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend); but this lasted not long. By some unhappy matches made between the house of David and the house of Ahab the worship of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:20

For she doted upon their paramours ,.... Or "concubines" F26 פלגשיהם "equecubinas eorum", Vatablus, so Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; "concubitores", Munster, Tigurine version; "cinaedos", Castalio; and, as Ben Melech observes, these were men, and not women. ; the neighbouring nations and allies of the Egyptians, whose friendship the Jews courted, and whose idols they served: the Septuagint and Arabic versions wrongly read the Chaldeans: whose flesh is as the flesh of asses,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:20

She doted upon their paramours - פלגשיהם pillagsheyhem , their harlots or concubines. Anciently harlot meant in our language either the male or female prostitute. Whose flesh is as the flesh of asses - See on Ezekiel 16:25 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:20

She doted on her paramours . Commonly the word is used of a concubine ( Genesis 22:24 ; 8:31 ). Here it is used in scorn of the Egyptian princes whose favor Judah courted, reminding us of Homer's ἀχαιίδες οὐκετ ἀχαίοι , as indicating their political weakness. All that need be said of the comparison that follows is that here also Ezekiel follows in the footsteps of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 5:8 ). What is indicated is that Judah threw herself into the idolatrous ritual of Egypt with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:17-20

Ezekiel 23:17-20. And the Babylonians came to her, &c. The metaphor of representing idolatry by the inordinate lust of adultery is still carried on. And her mind was alienated from them She quickly grew weary of these also, as lewd women are of their former gallants, and look out for new ones. She broke her league and covenant with them, as St. Jerome very well expresses the sense; meaning that covenant which Jehoiakim made with Nebuchadnezzar to be his tributary, and which was... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 23:20

20. their paramours—that is, her paramours among them (the Egyptians); she doted upon their persons as her paramours (Ezekiel 23:5; Ezekiel 23:12; Ezekiel 23:16). flesh—the membrum virile (very large in the ass). Compare Ezekiel 23:16- :, Margin; Ezekiel 23:16- :. issue of horses—the seminal issue. The horse was made by the Egyptians the hieroglyphic for a lustful person. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:11-21

Jerusalem’s prostitution 23:11-21 read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:11-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 23:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:17-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-35

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 23:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:11-21

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