Ezekiel 23:11-31 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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:22-35

Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the devil, had revolted from her allegiance to him, had compassed and imagined to shake off his government, had kept up a correspondence had joined in confederacy with his enemies, and the pretenders to a deity, in contempt of his crown and dignity. To this indictment she has pleaded, Not guilty: I am... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:11

And when her sister Aholibah saw this ,.... The two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, when, they saw the idolatries the ten tribes fell into, and the destruction which came upon them for the same; instead of receiving instruction, and taking caution by all this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she ; in courting the friendship, alliance, and help of their Heathen neighbours: and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms ; guilty of more idolatries than the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:12

She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours ,.... As in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, for help; and from whence he took the pattern of an altar, and had one built like it at Jerusalem, and offered upon it, 2 Kings 16:7 , captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously ; or "perfectly" F17 מכלול "omni genera pulchrarum vestinto", Pagninus; "absoluto vestira", Montanus; "perfectione, sive universitate, sub. vestium", Vatablus; "perfectissime",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:13

Then I saw that she was defiled ,.... With idols, and the worship of them, Ezekiel 23:7 , that they took both one way ; the same way of idolatry; worshipped the same idols, lived the same course of life, were guilty of the same sin, both Israel and Judah. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:14

And that she increased her whoredoms ,.... Added to the number of her idols, increased her idols, and even was guilty of more than her sister: for when she saw men portrayed on the wall ; of the temple, as idols were, Ezekiel 8:10 or upon the wall of a private house, where they were worshipped as household gods: the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion : the images of their heroes, who after death were deified; and these, being drawn upon the wall with vermilion, which,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:15

Girded with girdles upon their loins ,.... As a token of dignity and authority; see Isaiah 11:5 , which was the peculiar custom of the Babylonians, as Kimchi, from the Talmudists, observes: "exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads"; having turbans of various colours upon their heads, after the manner of the Persians: all of them princes to look to ; bore the resemblance of kings, princes, and the great men of the earth, and whose images indeed they were; even of such who in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:16

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them ,.... As lustful women, on the sight of the pictures of men, fall in love with them, and are mad after them; such a vehement desire after the idols of the Chaldeans prevailed, upon seeing their images: and sent messengers unto them in Chaldea ; to make alliances with the Chaldeans, and to have their idols, and worship them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:17

And the Babylonians came to her in the bed of love ,.... Entered into alliance with the Jews, and worshipped together in the same idols' temple. Jarchi thinks this refers to the messengers of the king of Babylon to Hezekiah; who were gladly received by him, and to whom he showed all the treasures of his house: and they defiled her with their whoredom ; or with their idols, as the Targum; they drew them into their idolatrous practices; which were defiling them, and by which they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:18

So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness ,.... The Jews did not cease from their idolatries when they broke with the Babylonians; but were rather more frequent and impudent in them, and courted the friendship and alliance of other Heathen nations, and their worship; even as a lewd woman, when she has cast off her former lovers, does not leave her lewdness, but seeks after others; and by her impudence in discovering her whoredoms, and her nakedness, and by all the signs... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 23:22-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:18

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