Ezekiel 23:1, The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah; Ezekiel 23:23, Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers; Ezekiel 23:36, The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both; Ezekiel 23:45, and shews their judgments.
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Ezekiel 23
Ezekiel 23 — Overview
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Ezekiel 23 — OverviewEzekiel 23 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis long chapter (as before ch. xvi. and xx.) is a history of the
apostasies of God's people from him and the aggravations of those
apostasies under the similitude of corporal whoredom and adultery. Here
the…Ezekiel 23 — OverviewEzekiel 23 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter the idolatries of Israel and Judah are represented under the metaphor of two harlots, and their lewdness. These harlots are described by their descent; by the place and time in which they committed their…Ezekiel 23:1-10Ezekiel 23:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGod 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,…Ezekiel 23:1-49Ezekiel 23:1-49 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
After another pause, the prophet enters on another elaborate parallel, after the pattern of Ezekiel 16:1-63; but with a marked variation. There we have the history of one harlot, s.c. of Israel in its…Ezekiel 23:1-49Ezekiel 23:1-49 · The Pulpit CommentaryInexcusable 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…Ezekiel 23:2Ezekiel 23:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgetwo: Ezekiel 16:44, Ezekiel 16:46; Jeremiah 3:7-10