Ezekiel 23:11

23:11 “Her sister Oholibah watched this, ¹  but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

Ezekiel 1:9

1:9 their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. ² 

Ezekiel 1:23

1:23 Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering ³  its body.

Ezekiel 3:13

3:13 and the sound of the living beings’ wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.

Ezekiel 23:4

23:4 Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah ⁴  the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. ⁵  Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 23:18

23:18 When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, ⁶  I ⁷  was disgusted with her, just as I ⁸  had been disgusted with her sister.

¹ tn The word “this” is not in the original text.

² tn Heb “They each went in the direction of one of his faces.”

³ tc Heb “each had two wings covering and each had two wings covering,” a case of dittography. On the analogy of v. 11 and the support of the LXX, which reads the same for v. 11 and this verse, one should perhaps read “each had two wings touching another being and each had two wings covering.”

⁴ tn The names Oholah and Oholibah are both derived from the word meaning “tent.” The meaning of Oholah is “her tent,” while Oholibah means “my tent is in her.”

⁵ sn 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 practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.

⁵ tn Heb “She exposed her harlotry and she exposed her nakedness.”

⁶ tn Heb “my soul.”

⁷ tn Heb “my soul.”