Ezekiel 23:2

Ezekiel 23:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
• New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.

Context of Ezekiel 23:2

1The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. 3They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled. 4Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 23:2 word by word

בֶּן־אָדָ֑ם שְׁתַּ֣יִם נָשִׁ֔ים בְּנ֥וֹת אֵם־אַחַ֖ת הָיֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• there were twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• motherאֵם'êm · motherH517

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:2

• Ezekiel 16:44"Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you: 'Like mother, like daughter.'
• Jeremiah 3:7And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Son of man, there were two women - All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah; and, till the schism under Rehoboam, formed but one people: but as these ten tribes and a half separated from Judah and Benjamin, they became two distinct people under different kings; called the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel. They are called here, because of their consanguinity, two sisters. The elder, Samaria, (for there was the seat of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Of one mother - Israel and Judah were branches of the same stock.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2daughters of the same mother: They came from the same nation, and their lives were very similar. Even their names, Oholah and Oholibah, sound alike.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-49The imagery is similar to that in the sixteenth chapter; but here the reference is not as there so much to the breach of the spiritual marriage covenant with God by the people's idolatries, as by their worldly spirit, and their trusting to alliances with the heathen for safety, rather than to God. 2. two ... of one mother--Israel and Judah, one nation by birth from the same ancestress, Sarah.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:2

• Idolatry

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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