Berean Standard Bible
Ezekiel 23:2-21
2“SonH1121 of manH120, there wereH1961 twoH8147 womenH802, daughtersH1323 of the sameH259 motherH517, 3and they playedH2181 in EgyptH4714, prostituting themselvesH2181 from their youthH5271. Their breastsH7699H8033 were fondledH4600 thereH8033, and their virginH1331 bosomsH1717 caressedH6213. 4The olderH1419 was namedH8034 OholahH170,1 and her sisterH269 was named OholibahH172.2 They becameH1961 Mine and gave birth toH3205 sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. As for their identitiesH8034, OholahH170 is SamariaH8111, and OholibahH172 is JerusalemH3389.
5OholahH170 prostituted herselfH2181 while she was still MineH8478. She lustedH5689 afterH5921 her loversH157H413, the AssyriansH804—warriorsH7138 6clothedH3847 in blueH8504, governorsH6346 and commandersH5461, allH3605 desirableH2531 young menH970, horsemenH6571 mounted onH7392 steedsH5483. 7She offeredH5414 sexual favorsH8457 to allH5921H3605 the eliteH4005H1121 of AssyriaH804. She defiled herselfH2930 with allH3605 the idolsH1544 of those for whomH834 she lustedH5689.
She did notH3808 give upH5800 the prostitutionH8457 she began in EgyptH4714, whenH3588 men sleptH7901 with herH853 in her youthH5271H1992, caressedH6213 her virginH1331 bosomH1717, and poured outH8210 their lustH8457 upon herH5921. 9ThereforeH3651 I delivered herH5414 into the handsH3027 of her loversH157H3027, the AssyriansH1121H804 for whomH834 she lustedH5689. 10TheyH1992 exposedH1540 her nakednessH6172, seizedH3947 her sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323, and put herH2026 to the swordH2719. Thus she becameH1961 a bywordH8034 among womenH802, and they executedH6213 judgmentH8196 against her.
11Her sisterH269 OholibahH172 sawH7200 this, yet in her lustH5691 andH853 prostitutionH8457H2183 she was more depravedH7843 than her sisterH269. 12She too lustedH5689 afterH413 the AssyriansH1121H804—governorsH6346 and commandersH5461, warriorsH7138 dressedH3847 in splendorH4358, horsemenH6571 riding onH7392 steedsH5483, allH3605 desirableH2531 young menH970. 13And I sawH7200 thatH3588 she too had defiled herselfH2930; both of themH8147 had taken the sameH259 pathH1870.
14But Oholibah carriedH3254H413 her prostitution even furtherH8457. She sawH7200 the menH582 portrayedH2707 onH5921 the wallH7023, imagesH6754 of the ChaldeansH3778,3 engravedH2710 in vermilionH8350, 15wearingH2289 beltsH232 on their waistsH4975 and flowingH5628 turbansH2871 on their headsH7218; allH3605 of them lookedH4758 like officersH7991 of the BabyloniansH1121H894 in ChaldeaH3778,4 the landH776 of their birthH4138. 16At the sight of themH4758H5869, she lustedH5689 for themH5921 and sentH7971 messengersH4397 to themH413 in ChaldeaH3778. 17Then the BabyloniansH1121H894 cameH935 to herH413, to the bedH4904 of loveH1730, and in their lustH8457 they defiledH2930 herH853. But after she had been defiledH2930 by them, sheH5315 turned away in disgustH3363.
18When Oholibah openlyH1540 prostituted herselfH8457 and exposedH1540 her nakednessH6172, IH5315 turned away from herH5921 in disgustH3363, just asH834 IH5315 had turned awayH5361 fromH5921 her sisterH269. 19Yet she multipliedH7235 her promiscuityH8457, rememberingH2142 the daysH3117 of her youthH5271, whenH834 she had prostituted herselfH2181 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714 20and lustedH5689 afterH5921 their loversH6370, whoseH834 genitalsH1320 were like thoseH1320 of donkeysH2543 and whose emissionH2231 was like thatH2231 of stallionsH5483. 21So you revisitedH6485 the indecencyH2154 of your youthH5271, when the EgyptiansH4714 caressedH6213 your bosomH1717 and pressedH4616 your youngH5271 breastsH7699.
Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 23:4 Oholah means her own tent or she worships at a tent shrine, a metaphor for Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria. ↩
- 2. Ezekiel 23:4 Oholibah means the tent is in her or she is a tent shrine, a metaphor for Jerusalem as an adulterous wife. ↩
- 3. Ezekiel 23:14 That is, the Babylonians ↩
- 4. Ezekiel 23:15 Or Babylonia; also in verse 16 ↩
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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