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Ezekiel 23:2-21
2SonH1121 of manH120, there wereH1961 twoH8147 womenH802, the daughtersH1323 of oneH259 motherH517: 3and they playedH2181 the harlot in EgyptH4714; they playedH2181 the harlot in their youthH5271; there were their breastsH7699 pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginityH1331. 4And the namesH8034 of them wereH1961 OholahH170 the elder, and OholibahH172 her sisterH269: and they became mine, and they bare sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. And as for their namesH8034, SamariaH8111 is OholahH170, and JerusalemH3389 OholibahH172.
5And OholahH170 playedH2181 the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her loversH157, on the Assyrians her neighbors, 6who were clothedH3847 with blueH8504, governorsH6346 and rulers, all of them desirable youngH970 menH970, horsemenH6571 ridingH7392 upon horsesH5483. 7And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of AssyriaH804 all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idolsH1544 she defiledH2930 herself. 8Neither hath she leftH5800 her whoredoms since the days of EgyptH4714; for in her youthH5271 they layH7901 with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginityH1331; and they pouredH8210 out their whoredom upon her. 9Wherefore I delivered her into the handH3027 of her loversH157, into the handH3027 of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 10These uncoveredH1540 her nakednessH6172; they tookH3947 her sonsH1121 and her daughtersH1323; and her they slewH2026 with the swordH2719: and she becameH1961 a byword among womenH802; for they executed judgments upon her.
11And her sisterH269 OholibahH172 sawH7200 this, yet was she moreH4480 corruptH7843 in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were moreH4480 than the whoredoms of her sisterH269. 12She doted upon the Assyrians, governorsH6346 and rulers, her neighbors, clothedH3847 most gorgeously, horsemenH6571 ridingH7392 upon horsesH5483, all of them desirable youngH1121 menH970. 13And I sawH7200 that she was defiledH2930; they both took oneH259 wayH1870. 14And she increasedH3254 her whoredoms; for she sawH7200 menH376 portrayed upon the wallH7023, the imagesH6754 of the ChaldeansH3778 portrayed with vermilionH8350, 15girded with girdles upon their loinsH4975, with flowing turbans upon their headsH7218, all of them princes to look upon, after the likenessH1823 of the Babylonians in ChaldeaH3778, the landH776 of their nativity. 16And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sentH7971 messengersH4397 unto them into ChaldeaH3778. 17And the Babylonians cameH935 to her into the bedH4904 of love, and they defiledH2930 her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soulH5315 was alienated from them. 18So she uncoveredH1540 her whoredoms, and uncoveredH1540 her nakednessH6172: then my soulH5315 was alienated from her, like as my soulH5315 was alienated from her sisterH269. 19Yet she multipliedH7235 her whoredoms, rememberingH2142 the daysH3117 of her youthH5271, wherein she had playedH2181 the harlot in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 20And she doted upon their paramours, whose fleshH1320 is as the fleshH1320 of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horsesH5483. 21Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youthH5271, in the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breastsH7699 of thy youthH5271.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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