Ezekiel 23:11

Ezekiel 23:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
• New International Version (NIV)“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.

Context of Ezekiel 23:11

9Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, whom she lusted after. 10They stripped her naked, they took her sons and her daughters and slaughtered her with the sword. She became notorious among women. Judgments were executed upon her. “Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more depraved in her lust than her sister and her promiscuous acts worse. 12She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors splendidly clad, horsemen riding on horses, all of them handsome young men. 13I saw that she defiled herself; they both went the same way.

Ezekiel 23:11 word by word

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when her sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• Aholibahאׇהֳלִיבָה'ohŏlîybâh 'ohŏlîybâhh · OholibahH172
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• she was more corruptשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• in her inordinate loveעֲגָבָה‛ăgâbâh · lustH5691
• than she, and in her whoredomsתַּזְנוּתtaznûth taznûth · fornicationH8457
• whoredomsזְנוּנִיםzânûn · fornicationH2183

Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:11

• Ezekiel 23:4Their names were Oholah, the older one, and Oholibah, her sister. They became Mine, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 3:8I noted that when backsliding Israel committed adultery I sent her away and gave her a certificate of divorce. Yet, unfaithful Judah, her sister, did not fear. Instead she also went and committed adultery.
• Ezekiel 16:47You have not only walked in their ways and gone after their abominations, but in a very short time, you have acted more corruptly than them in all your ways.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The idolatries of Manasseh‘s reign exceeded all that had gone before either in Israel or in Judah 2 Chronicles 33:1-10.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18Samaria’s reputation and punishment were known to everyone in Ezekiel’s time. Her sister, Oholibah (Jerusalem), followed the same pattern of life and was even worse than her sister. The kings of Judah thought it was wise to form alliances with Babylon and Assyria. However, the prophet saw this as a pattern of ongoing spiritual unfaithfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Judah, the southern kingdom, though having the "warning" (see on Eze 23:10) of the northern kingdom before her eyes, instead of profiting by it, went to even greater lengths in corruption than Israel. Her greater spiritual privileges made her guilt the greater (Eze 16:47, 51; Jr 3:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:11

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Aholibah
• Desirable
• Dispatch
• Dote
• Hatefully
• Lewd
• Crime; Crimes
• Ezekiel
• Grace

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