Ezekiel 23:15 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 23:15

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

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 23:15

Exceeding in dyed attire ; better, with dyed turbans, or tiaras, such as are seen on the Assyrian monuments of Nimrud, Khorsabad, and Kouyunyik. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:13-16

Ezekiel 23:13-16. Then When she neither took warning nor feared; I saw that she was defiled That her heart was already set on her idols; that they both Samaria and Jerusalem; took one way That Judah fell into the same idolatrous practices as Israel. And that she increased her whoredoms Added to the number of her idolatries; for when she saw men portrayed, &c. These were probably the pictures of those deified heroes, whom the Chaldeans worshipped as gods; such were Bel, Nebo,... 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 23:15

15. exceeding in dyed attire—rather, "in ample dyed turbans"; literally, "redundant with dyed turbans." The Assyrians delighted in ample, flowing, and richly colored tunics, scarfs, girdles, and head-dresses or turbans, varying in ornaments according to the rank. Chaldea, . . . land of their nativity—between the Black and Caspian Seas (see on :-). princes—literally, a first-rate military class that fought by threes in the chariots, one guiding the horses, the other two fighting. read more

Thomas Constable

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

Jerusalem’s prostitution 23:11-21 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:14-16

Oholibah saw pictures of the Babylonians that aroused her desire for alliance, and she lusted after them and wrote to them (2 Kings 23:32; 2 Kings 23:37; cf. Jeremiah 22:21). Much visual art in biblical times was painted and or carved on walls. The splendor that was Babylon deeply impressed the Israelites. read more

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 23:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 23:13-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 23:1-35

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 23:15

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 23:14-16

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