Eze 23:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezekiel 23:1-8 (NET)

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Two Sisters

23:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 23:2 “Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother. 23:3 They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there. 23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem. 23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians– warriors 23:6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. 23:7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired– with all their idols. 23:8 She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Assyria a member of the nation of Assyria

· Assyrian a member of the nation of Assyria

· Egypt descendants of Mizraim

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Oholah Symbolic name referring to wayward Samaria (Israel)

· Oholibah Symbolic name referring to wayward Jerusalem (Judah)

· Samaria residents of the district of Samaria

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NET Notes: Eze 23:3 In the Hebrew text the subject is left unstated and must be supplied from the context.

NET Notes: Eze 23:4 In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters (Lev 18:18), but the practi...

NET Notes: Eze 23:5 The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), ...

NET Notes: Eze 23:7 Heb “lusted after.”

NET Notes: Eze 23:8 Heb “and poured out their harlotry on her.”

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