23:1 The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah; 23:23 Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers; 23:36 The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both; 23:45 and shews their judgments.
Verse 1ReciprocalJeremiah 2:23 - see; Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation; 22:2 - her abominations; Hosea 1:2 - for; 4:12 - gone; Zechariah 5:7 - isVerse 2twoEzekiel 16:44, 16:46; Jeremiah 3:7-10Reciprocal2 Kings 17:7 - sinned; Isaiah 57:8 - thou lovedst; 59:12 - our transgressions; Jeremiah 7:25 - the day; 11:15 - seeing; 13:27 - thine adulteries; Hosea 12:14 - provokedVerse 3in EgyptEzekiel 20:8; Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 29:16; Joshua 24:14in theirEzekiel 23:8, 23:19, 23:21, 16:22; Hosea 2:15ReciprocalDeuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away; 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day; Psalm 106:39 - went; 129:1 - from; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; 7:25 - the day; 22:21 - This; 31:19 - I did; 32:30 - from; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:26 - with the; 20:7 - defile; 23:27 - and thy; 23:34 - and pluck; 23:44 - so wentVerse 4the namesThe kingdom of Israel, of which Samaria was the capital, containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country than that of Judah, is therefore called "her elder sister;" and Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religious establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and service of their own, and not of God's appointment. Aholibah, the name given to Judah, implies that the worship established there was from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.the elderEzekiel 16:40; 1 Kings 12:20they wereEzekiel 16:8, 16:20; Exodus 19:5, 19:6; Psalm 45:11-16; Jeremiah 2:2, 2:3; Romans 7:4Aholahthat is, His tent, or tabernacle, 1 Kings 12:26-33; John 4:22Aholibahthat is, My tabernacle in her, 1 Kings 8:29; Psalm 76:2, 132:13, 132:14Reciprocal2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah; Nehemiah 9:26 - they were; Jeremiah 3:1 - but thou hast; 31:32 - although I was; Ezekiel 16:46 - elder; 23:11 - her sister; 23:36 - Aholah; 23:37 - have also; Hosea 2:7 - first; 4:15 - play; 7:1 - wickedness; 7:8 - he hath; 7:11 - they callVerse 5AholahThe Israelites, in addition to their former gross idolatries, received the impure idolatrous worship of the Assyrians, who became their neighbours by the conquest of Syria. 1 Kings 14:9, 14:16, 15:26, 15:30, 16:31, 16:32, 21:26; 2 Kings 17:7-18dotedEzekiel 23:7, 23:9, 23:12, 23:16, 23:20, 16:37; Jeremiah 50:38on theEzekiel 16:28; 2 Kings 15:19, 16:7, 17:3; Hosea 5:13, 8:9, 8:10, 10:6, 12:1ReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; 39:7 - cast; Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a; Judges 18:24 - what have; Jeremiah 2:20 - playing; Ezekiel 21:24 - your transgressions; 23:37 - they have; Hosea 2:5 - their mother; 5:3 - thou; 6:10 - there; Amos 2:6 - For threeVerse 6all ofEzekiel 23:12-15ReciprocalGenesis 39:7 - cast; Ezekiel 23:23 - desirable; Revelation 9:16 - horsemenVerse 7committed her whoredoms with themHeb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them, Ezekiel 16:15the chosen men of AssyriaHeb. the choice of the children of Asshur, Genesis 10:22with all theirEzekiel 23:30, 20:7, 22:3, 22:4; Psalm 106:39; Hosea 5:3, 6:10ReciprocalEzekiel 23:5 - dotedVerse 8whoredomsEzekiel 23:3, 23:19, 23:21; Exodus 32:4; 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Kings 10:29, 17:16ReciprocalLeviticus 17:7 - gone a whoring; 18:3 - the doings; Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away; 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day; Nehemiah 13:18 - Did not your; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:26 - with the; 16:36 - Because; 20:7 - defile; 20:16 - for their; 23:34 - and pluckVerse 92 Kings 15:29, 17:3-6, 17:23, 18:9-12; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Hosea 11:5; Revelation 17:12, 17:13, 17:16ReciprocalDeuteronomy 31:16 - and go a; Jeremiah 3:8 - when for; 4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; 30:14 - lovers; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 16:37 - General; 23:5 - doted; 23:22 - I will raise; 23:44 - so went; Hosea 8:10 - now; 10:10 - and theVerse 10discoveredEzekiel 23:29, 16:37-41; Hosea 2:3, 2:10they tookEzekiel 23:47famousHeb. a name, 23:48; Jeremiah 22:8, 22:9ReciprocalNumbers 16:2 - famous; Jeremiah 3:9 - lightness; 4:30 - in vain; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 16:36 - and thy; 16:40 - and thrust; 16:41 - and execute; Hosea 1:4 - will cause; 8:10 - nowVerse 11her sisterEzekiel 23:4; Jeremiah 3:8was more corrupt in her inordinate love than sheHeb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than she. her sister in her whoredoms. Heb. the whoredoms of her sister. Ezekiel 16:47-51; Jeremiah 3:8-11Reciprocal3:6 - backsliding; 3:11 - justified; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:46 - elder; Hosea 12:2 - and will; Amos 2:4 - because; Micah 1:13 - forVerse 12uponEzekiel 23:5, 16:28; 2 Kings 16:7-15; 2 Chronicles 28:16-23captainsEzekiel 23:6, 23:23ReciprocalGenesis 39:7 - cast; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 23:30 - thou hast; 38:4 - all of themVerse 13that theyEzekiel 23:31; 2 Kings 17:18, 17:19; Hosea 12:1, 12:2ReciprocalEzekiel 23:40 - ye have; 2 Peter 2:21 - to turnVerse 14portrayedEzekiel 8:10; Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 50:2vermilion22:14ReciprocalIsaiah 57:8 - the doors; Ezekiel 6:9 - their eyes; 16:17 - hast also; 16:29 - unto; 23:19 - multipliedVerse 15with girdles1 Samuel 18:4; Isaiah 22:21all ofJudges 8:18; 2 Samuel 14:25look toThat is, "princes in appearance;" which seem to have been the deified men worshipped by the Chaldeans. The inhabitants of Judah, like the Israelites, connected themselves with the Assyrians, and were enamoured with their idols; and then with the Chaldeans, and followed their idols; still retaining their attachment to the Egyptians and their idolatrous rites.
Verse 16as soon as she saw them with her eyesHeb. at the sight of her eyes, Ezekiel 16:29; Genesis 3:6, 6:2, 39:7; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Kings 24:1; Job 31:1; Psalm 119:37; Proverbs 6:25, 23:33; Matthew 5:28and sentEzekiel 23:40, 23:41, 16:17, 16:29; 2 Peter 2:14Reciprocal2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar; Isaiah 3:9 - and they declare; 57:9 - thou wentest to the king; Ezekiel 23:5 - doted; Hosea 2:5 - I willVerse 17BabyloniansHeb. children of Babel, Genesis 10:10, 11:9and herEzekiel 23:22, 23:28, 16:37; 2 Samuel 13:15alienatedHeb. loosed, or disjointedReciprocal2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar; Isaiah 57:7 - General; Ezekiel 23:30 - because thou art; Hosea 2:5 - I willVerse 18discoveredEzekiel 16:36, 21:24; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 8:12; Hosea 7:1thenDeuteronomy 32:19; Psalm 78:59, 106:40; Jeremiah 6:8, 12:8, 15:1; Lamentations 2:7; Hosea 2:2; Amos 6:8; Zechariah 11:8ReciprocalEzekiel 16:57 - thy wickedness; 23:29 - the nakedness; Hosea 9:15 - I hatedVerse 19multipliedEzekiel 23:14, 16:25, 16:29, 16:51; Amos 4:4in callingEzekiel 23:3, 23:8, 23:21, 16:22, 20:7ReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; 5:6 - because; Ezekiel 16:26 - with the; 16:57 - thy wickedness; 23:27 - and thyVerse 20Ezekiel 16:20, 16:26; 17:15; Jeremiah 5:8ReciprocalLeviticus 15:3 - General; Ezekiel 23:5 - dotedVerse 21ReciprocalEzekiel 23:3 - in their; 23:8 - whoredoms; 23:19 - in calling; John 5:43 - comeVerse 22I will raiseEzekiel 23:9, 23:28, 16:37; Isaiah 10:5, 10:6, 39:3, 39:4; Habakkuk 1:6-10; Revelation 17:16fromEzekiel 23:17and IJeremiah 6:22, 6:23, 12:9-12Reciprocal4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; 30:14 - lovers; Lamentations 1:2 - among; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:46 - I will; Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow; 8:10 - now; Obadiah 1:7 - the men ofVerse 23BabyloniansEzekiel 21:19-27; 2 Kings 20:14-17, 25:1-3the Chaldeans24:2; Job 1:17; Isaiah 23:13; Acts 7:4PekodJeremiah 50:21the AssyriansGenesis 2:14, 25:18; Ezra 6:22desirableEzekiel 23:6, 23:12
Verse 24with chariotsEzekiel 26:10; Jeremiah 47:3; Nahum 2:3, 2:4, 3:2, 3:3I will setEzekiel 23:45, 16:38, 21:23; 2 Samuel 24:14; Jeremiah 39:5, 39:6ReciprocalGenesis 45:21 - wagons; Deuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Ezekiel 24:14 - according to thy ways; 26:7 - with horsesVerse 25I will setEzekiel 5:13, 8:1-18, 16:38-42; Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 29:20, 32:21, 32:22; Proverbs 6:34; Song of Songs 8:6; Zephaniah 1:18they shall take awayThis refers to the severe vengeance which enraged husbands took on their faithless wives, and implies that God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and priests of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such punishments were anciently common; and such is the present practice in one of the South Sea Islands.they shall take thyEzekiel 23:47; Hosea 2:4, 2:5thy residueEzekiel 15:6, 15:7, 20:47, 20:48, 22:18-22; Revelation 18:8ReciprocalDeuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Isaiah 3:17 - discover; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:29 - deal; 24:21 - that which your soul pitieth; Nahum 3:5 - I amVerse 26stripEzekiel 23:29, 16:16, 16:37, 16:39; Jeremiah 13:22; Hosea 2:3, 2:9, 2:10; Revelation 17:16, 18:14-17fair jewelsHeb. instruments of thy decking, Isaiah 3:17-24; 1 Peter 3:3, 3:4ReciprocalNehemiah 13:18 - Did not your; Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthinessVerse 27will IEzekiel 16:41, 22:15; Isaiah 27:9; Micah 5:10-14; Zechariah 13:2and thyEzekiel 23:3, 23:19so thatThese severe judgments shall effectually deter you from idolatry, and make you abhor the least approaches to it. This often repeated prediction has received a most wonderful accomplishment. For neither the authority, frowns, examples, or favour of their conquerors or powerful neighbours, nor their own fears, hopes, interests, or predilection for the sensual worship of idols, could prevail with them to run into gross idolatry, either during the captivity, or ever afterwards, to the present day, a period of 2,414 years.ReciprocalNumbers 17:5 - I will; Deuteronomy 12:31 - even their sons; Jeremiah 13:22 - skirts; Ezekiel 23:48 - I cause; 24:11 - that the filthinessVerse 28whom thouEzekiel 23:17, 23:22, 16:37; Jeremiah 21:7-10, 24:8, 34:20Reciprocal4:30 - in vain; Lamentations 1:14 - delivered; Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast; 16:27 - delivered; 31:11 - deliveredVerse 29dealEzekiel 23:25, 23:26, 23:45-47, 16:39; Deuteronomy 28:47-51; 2 Samuel 13:15the nakednessEzekiel 23:18, 16:36, 16:37ReciprocalJeremiah 4:30 - in vain; 7:10 - come; 13:26 - General; Lamentations 1:8 - they; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:10 - discovered; 23:47 - the company; 24:14 - according to thy ways; Hosea 2:10 - now; Nahum 3:5 - I will discover; Revelation 2:22 - and themVerse 30thou hastEzekiel 23:12-21, 6:9; Psalm 106:35-38; Jeremiah 2:18-20, 16:11, 16:12, 22:8, 22:9because thou artEzekiel 23:7, 23:17
Verse 31walkedEzekiel 23:13, 16:47-51; Jeremiah 3:8-11her2 Kings 21:13; Jeremiah 7:14, 7:15; Daniel 9:12ReciprocalPsalm 60:3 - to drink; Isaiah 51:17 - which hast; Jeremiah 48:26 - ye him; Ezekiel 7:4 - but; 16:46 - elder; 43:10 - that they; Hosea 1:4 - will cause; 5:5 - Judah; 12:2 - and will; John 18:11 - the cupVerse 32drinkPsalm 60:3; Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 25:15-28, 48:26; Matthew 20:22, 20:23; Revelation 16:19; 18:6thou shalt beEzekiel 22:4, 22:5, 25:6, 26:2, 35:15, 36:3; Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; Psalm 79:3; Jeremiah 25:9; Lamentations 2:15, 2:16; Micah 7:8ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:46 - a sign; 2 Kings 23:27 - I will remove; Jeremiah 25:16 - General; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 43:10 - that they; Hosea 7:16 - this; 12:2 - and willVerse 33filledJeremiah 25:27; Habakkuk 2:16with the cup of astonishmentIsaiah 51:17, 51:22ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:46 - a sign; Song of Songs 8:8 - a little; Ezekiel 12:18 - GeneralVerse 34drinkPsalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17and pluckEzekiel 23:3, 23:8; Revelation 18:7
Verse 35BecauseEzekiel 22:12; Isaiah 17:10; Jeremiah 2:32, 3:21, 13:25, 23:27, 32:33; Hosea 8:14, 13:6; Romans 1:28and cast1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26thereforeEzekiel 23:45-49, 7:4, 44:10; Leviticus 24:15; Numbers 14:34, 18:22Reciprocal14:33 - bear; Jeremiah 2:27 - for they; Ezekiel 8:16 - with their; 23:49 - ye shall bear; Hosea 2:13 - forgatVerse 36wiltEzekiel 20:4, 22:2; Jeremiah 1:10; 1 Corinthians 6:2, 6:3judgeor, plead for, Jeremiah 11:14, 14:11AholahEzekiel 23:4declare16:2; Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 2:2; Micah 3:8-11; Matthew 23:13-35; Luke 11:39-52; Acts 7:51-53ReciprocalEzekiel 23:45 - the righteous; 24:13 - thy filthinessVerse 37they haveEzekiel 23:5, 16:32; Hosea 1:2, 3:1and bloodEzekiel 23:39, 23:45, 16:36, 16:38, 22:2-4, 24:6-9; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 106:37, 106:38; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 7:6, 7:9; Hosea 4:2; Micah 3:10; Luke 13:34have alsoEzekiel 23:4, 16:20, 16:21, 16:36, 16:45, 20:26, 20:31; Leviticus 18:21, 20:2-5; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 17:17, 21:6; Jeremiah 7:31, 32:35Reciprocal2 Kings 23:10 - might make; 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused; Jeremiah 7:10 - come; Ezekiel 20:39 - but; 36:18 - for the; Micah 6:7 - shallVerse 38they haveEzekiel 7:20, 8:5-16; 2 Kings 21:4, 21:7, 23:11, 23:12and haveEzekiel 20:13, 20:24, 22:8; Nehemiah 13:17, 13:18; Jeremiah 17:27ReciprocalLeviticus 15:31 - that they; 20:3 - to defile; Ezekiel 8:6 - even; 23:39 - thus; 43:7 - no more; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - anyVerse 39they cameIsaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 7:8-11, 11:15; Micah 3:11; John 18:28thusEzekiel 23:38, 44:7; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Chronicles 33:4-7; Jeremiah 23:11ReciprocalLeviticus 20:2 - giveth; 20:3 - to defile; 2 Kings 17:17 - they caused; 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused; Jeremiah 7:10 - come; Ezekiel 8:6 - even; 16:20 - and these; 22:8 - General; 23:37 - and blood; 43:7 - no more; 43:8 - setting; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - anyVerse 40ye haveEzekiel 23:13; Isaiah 57:9to comeHeb. coming, 2 Kings 20:13-15thou didstRuth 3:3; Esther 2:12paintedstKachalt aineych rendered by the LXX εστιβιζου τους οφθαλμους σου; "thou didst paint thine eyes with stibium," and Vulgate circumlinisti stibio oculos tuos "thou didst paint round thine eyes with stibium," or lead ore; whence it is called in Arabic kochl and in Syriac kecholo and koochlo? 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30and deckedstEzekiel 16:13-16; Proverbs 7:10; Isaiah 3:18-23ReciprocalEzekiel 23:16 - and sent; Hosea 2:5 - I will; 2:13 - she decked; 1 Peter 3:3 - thatVerse 41statelyHeb. honourable, Esther 1:6; Proverbs 7:16, 7:17; Isaiah 57:7; Amos 2:8, 6:4a tableEzekiel 44:16; Isaiah 65:11; Malachi 1:7whereuponEzekiel 16:18, 16:19; Proverbs 7:17; Jeremiah 44:17; Hosea 2:8, 2:9ReciprocalIsaiah 57:8 - the doors; Jeremiah 4:30 - Though; Ezekiel 23:16 - and sent; 41:22 - This isVerse 42a voiceThis seems to be an account of an idolatrous festival, perhaps that of Bacchus; in which a riotous and drunken multitude assembled, adorned with bracelets and chaplets, accompanied with music, songs, and dances. Exodus 32:6, 32:18, 32:19; Hosea 13:6; Amos 6:1-6common sortHeb. multitude of menwere broughtJob 1:15; Joel 3:8Sabeansor, drunkardsbraceletsEzekiel 16:11, 16:12; Revelation 12:3ReciprocalIsaiah 45:14 - the Sabeans; 65:11 - prepareVerse 43oldEzra 9:7; Psalm 106:6; Jeremiah 13:23; Daniel 9:16whoredoms with herHeb. her whoredomsReciprocalJeremiah 32:30 - children; Hosea 2:2 - letVerse 44so wentEzekiel 23:3, 23:9-13ReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; Jeremiah 32:30 - childrenVerse 45the righteousThe Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Ezekiel 23:36; Jeremiah 5:14; Hosea 6:5; Zechariah 1:6; John 8:3-7after the manner of adulteressesEzekiel 23:37-39, 16:38-43; Leviticus 20:10, 21:9; Deuteronomy 22:21-24; John 8:7becauseEzekiel 23:37ReciprocalNumbers 14:33 - bear; Deuteronomy 22:22 - General; Ezekiel 16:32 - General; 20:4 - judge them; 22:2 - bloody city; 23:24 - I will set; 23:29 - deal; 23:35 - therefore; 24:8 - I have set; Hosea 2:2 - Plead with; John 8:41 - We be; Revelation 2:22 - and them; 17:16 - and nakedVerse 46I willEzekiel 23:22-26, 16:40; Jeremiah 25:9to be removed and spoiledHeb. for a removing and spoil, 15:4, 24:9, 34:17ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:25 - removed; Jeremiah 4:31 - because; Lamentations 1:8 - removed; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; Hosea 8:10 - now; 10:10 - and theVerse 47the companyEzekiel 23:25, 23:29, 9:6, 16:41; Jeremiah 33:4, 33:5dispatch themor, single them out, Ezekiel 24:6shall slay24:21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-19and burnDeuteronomy 13:16; Jeremiah 39:8, 52:13ReciprocalPsalm 106:37 - they sacrificed; Jeremiah 4:31 - because; Ezekiel 5:17 - and I; 16:27 - delivered; 16:40 - and thrust; 22:15 - consume; 23:10 - they took; 24:11 - that the filthiness; Hosea 8:10 - now; John 8:5 - MosesVerse 48I causeEzekiel 23:27, 6:6, 22:15, 36:25; Micah 5:11-14; Zephaniah 1:3thatEzekiel 5:15, 16:41; Deuteronomy 13:11; Isaiah 26:9; 1 Corinthians 10:6-11; 2 Peter 2:6ReciprocalPsalm 10:15 - seek; Ezekiel 23:10 - famous; 24:11 - that the filthiness; 28:17 - I will layVerse 49they shallEzekiel 7:4, 7:9, 9:10, 11:21, 16:43, 22:31; Isaiah 59:18ye shall bearEzekiel 23:35and ye shall know6:7, 20:38, 20:42, 20:44, 25:5; Psalm 9:16ReciprocalNumbers 9:13 - bear his sin; Deuteronomy 4:14 - General; Proverbs 14:34 - but; Isaiah 1:21 - become; Jeremiah 30:15 - for the; Ezekiel 14:10 - they shall; 16:58 - hast; 33:29 - shall
23:23 Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers;
23:36 The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both;
23:45 and shews their judgments. Verse 1ReciprocalJeremiah 2:23 - see; Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation; 22:2 - her abominations; Hosea 1:2 - for; 4:12 - gone; Zechariah 5:7 - is Verse 2twoEzekiel 16:44, 16:46; Jeremiah 3:7-10Reciprocal2 Kings 17:7 - sinned; Isaiah 57:8 - thou lovedst; 59:12 - our transgressions; Jeremiah 7:25 - the day; 11:15 - seeing; 13:27 - thine adulteries; Hosea 12:14 - provoked Verse 3in EgyptEzekiel 20:8; Leviticus 17:7; Deuteronomy 29:16; Joshua 24:14 in theirEzekiel 23:8, 23:19, 23:21, 16:22; Hosea 2:15ReciprocalDeuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away; 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day; Psalm 106:39 - went; 129:1 - from; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; 7:25 - the day; 22:21 - This; 31:19 - I did; 32:30 - from; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:26 - with the; 20:7 - defile; 23:27 - and thy; 23:34 - and pluck; 23:44 - so went Verse 4the namesThe kingdom of Israel, of which Samaria was the capital, containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country than that of Judah, is therefore called "her elder sister;" and Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religious establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and service of their own, and not of God's appointment. Aholibah, the name given to Judah, implies that the worship established there was from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.the elderEzekiel 16:40; 1 Kings 12:20 they wereEzekiel 16:8, 16:20; Exodus 19:5, 19:6; Psalm 45:11-16; Jeremiah 2:2, 2:3; Romans 7:4 Aholahthat is, His tent, or tabernacle, 1 Kings 12:26-33; John 4:22 Aholibahthat is, My tabernacle in her, 1 Kings 8:29; Psalm 76:2, 132:13, 132:14Reciprocal2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah; Nehemiah 9:26 - they were; Jeremiah 3:1 - but thou hast; 31:32 - although I was; Ezekiel 16:46 - elder; 23:11 - her sister; 23:36 - Aholah; 23:37 - have also; Hosea 2:7 - first; 4:15 - play; 7:1 - wickedness; 7:8 - he hath; 7:11 - they call Verse 5AholahThe Israelites, in addition to their former gross idolatries, received the impure idolatrous worship of the Assyrians, who became their neighbours by the conquest of Syria. 1 Kings 14:9, 14:16, 15:26, 15:30, 16:31, 16:32, 21:26; 2 Kings 17:7-18 dotedEzekiel 23:7, 23:9, 23:12, 23:16, 23:20, 16:37; Jeremiah 50:38 on theEzekiel 16:28; 2 Kings 15:19, 16:7, 17:3; Hosea 5:13, 8:9, 8:10, 10:6, 12:1ReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; 39:7 - cast; Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a; Judges 18:24 - what have; Jeremiah 2:20 - playing; Ezekiel 21:24 - your transgressions; 23:37 - they have; Hosea 2:5 - their mother; 5:3 - thou; 6:10 - there; Amos 2:6 - For three Verse 6all ofEzekiel 23:12-15ReciprocalGenesis 39:7 - cast; Ezekiel 23:23 - desirable; Revelation 9:16 - horsemen Verse 7committed her whoredoms with themHeb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them, Ezekiel 16:15 the chosen men of AssyriaHeb. the choice of the children of Asshur, Genesis 10:22 with all theirEzekiel 23:30, 20:7, 22:3, 22:4; Psalm 106:39; Hosea 5:3, 6:10ReciprocalEzekiel 23:5 - doted Verse 8whoredomsEzekiel 23:3, 23:19, 23:21; Exodus 32:4; 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Kings 10:29, 17:16ReciprocalLeviticus 17:7 - gone a whoring; 18:3 - the doings; Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away; 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day; Nehemiah 13:18 - Did not your; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:26 - with the; 16:36 - Because; 20:7 - defile; 20:16 - for their; 23:34 - and pluck Verse 92 Kings 15:29, 17:3-6, 17:23, 18:9-12; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Hosea 11:5; Revelation 17:12, 17:13, 17:16ReciprocalDeuteronomy 31:16 - and go a; Jeremiah 3:8 - when for; 4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; 30:14 - lovers; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 16:37 - General; 23:5 - doted; 23:22 - I will raise; 23:44 - so went; Hosea 8:10 - now; 10:10 - and the Verse 10discoveredEzekiel 23:29, 16:37-41; Hosea 2:3, 2:10 they tookEzekiel 23:47 famousHeb. a name, 23:48; Jeremiah 22:8, 22:9ReciprocalNumbers 16:2 - famous; Jeremiah 3:9 - lightness; 4:30 - in vain; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 16:36 - and thy; 16:40 - and thrust; 16:41 - and execute; Hosea 1:4 - will cause; 8:10 - now Verse 11her sisterEzekiel 23:4; Jeremiah 3:8 was more corrupt in her inordinate love than sheHeb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than she. her sister in her whoredoms. Heb. the whoredoms of her sister. Ezekiel 16:47-51; Jeremiah 3:8-11Reciprocal3:6 - backsliding; 3:11 - justified; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 16:46 - elder; Hosea 12:2 - and will; Amos 2:4 - because; Micah 1:13 - for Verse 12uponEzekiel 23:5, 16:28; 2 Kings 16:7-15; 2 Chronicles 28:16-23 captainsEzekiel 23:6, 23:23ReciprocalGenesis 39:7 - cast; Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst; 23:30 - thou hast; 38:4 - all of them Verse 13that theyEzekiel 23:31; 2 Kings 17:18, 17:19; Hosea 12:1, 12:2ReciprocalEzekiel 23:40 - ye have; 2 Peter 2:21 - to turn Verse 14portrayedEzekiel 8:10; Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 50:2 vermilion22:14ReciprocalIsaiah 57:8 - the doors; Ezekiel 6:9 - their eyes; 16:17 - hast also; 16:29 - unto; 23:19 - multiplied Verse 15with girdles1 Samuel 18:4; Isaiah 22:21 all ofJudges 8:18; 2 Samuel 14:25 look toThat is, "princes in appearance;" which seem to have been the deified men worshipped by the Chaldeans. The inhabitants of Judah, like the Israelites, connected themselves with the Assyrians, and were enamoured with their idols; and then with the Chaldeans, and followed their idols; still retaining their attachment to the Egyptians and their idolatrous rites.
Verse 16as soon as she saw them with her eyesHeb. at the sight of her eyes, Ezekiel 16:29; Genesis 3:6, 6:2, 39:7; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Kings 24:1; Job 31:1; Psalm 119:37; Proverbs 6:25, 23:33; Matthew 5:28 and sentEzekiel 23:40, 23:41, 16:17, 16:29; 2 Peter 2:14Reciprocal2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar; Isaiah 3:9 - and they declare; 57:9 - thou wentest to the king; Ezekiel 23:5 - doted; Hosea 2:5 - I will Verse 17BabyloniansHeb. children of Babel, Genesis 10:10, 11:9 and herEzekiel 23:22, 23:28, 16:37; 2 Samuel 13:15 alienatedHeb. loosed, or disjointedReciprocal2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar; Isaiah 57:7 - General; Ezekiel 23:30 - because thou art; Hosea 2:5 - I will Verse 18discoveredEzekiel 16:36, 21:24; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 8:12; Hosea 7:1 thenDeuteronomy 32:19; Psalm 78:59, 106:40; Jeremiah 6:8, 12:8, 15:1; Lamentations 2:7; Hosea 2:2; Amos 6:8; Zechariah 11:8ReciprocalEzekiel 16:57 - thy wickedness; 23:29 - the nakedness; Hosea 9:15 - I hated Verse 19multipliedEzekiel 23:14, 16:25, 16:29, 16:51; Amos 4:4 in callingEzekiel 23:3, 23:8, 23:21, 16:22, 20:7ReciprocalGenesis 38:24 - played the harlot; Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness; 5:6 - because; Ezekiel 16:26 - with the; 16:57 - thy wickedness; 23:27 - and thy Verse 20Ezekiel 16:20, 16:26; 17:15; Jeremiah 5:8ReciprocalLeviticus 15:3 - General; Ezekiel 23:5 - doted Verse 21ReciprocalEzekiel 23:3 - in their; 23:8 - whoredoms; 23:19 - in calling; John 5:43 - come Verse 22I will raiseEzekiel 23:9, 23:28, 16:37; Isaiah 10:5, 10:6, 39:3, 39:4; Habakkuk 1:6-10; Revelation 17:16 fromEzekiel 23:17 and IJeremiah 6:22, 6:23, 12:9-12Reciprocal4:30 - in vain; 22:20 - for; 30:14 - lovers; Lamentations 1:2 - among; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:46 - I will; Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow; 8:10 - now; Obadiah 1:7 - the men of Verse 23BabyloniansEzekiel 21:19-27; 2 Kings 20:14-17, 25:1-3 the Chaldeans24:2; Job 1:17; Isaiah 23:13; Acts 7:4 PekodJeremiah 50:21 the AssyriansGenesis 2:14, 25:18; Ezra 6:22 desirableEzekiel 23:6, 23:12
Verse 24with chariotsEzekiel 26:10; Jeremiah 47:3; Nahum 2:3, 2:4, 3:2, 3:3 I will setEzekiel 23:45, 16:38, 21:23; 2 Samuel 24:14; Jeremiah 39:5, 39:6ReciprocalGenesis 45:21 - wagons; Deuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Ezekiel 24:14 - according to thy ways; 26:7 - with horses Verse 25I will setEzekiel 5:13, 8:1-18, 16:38-42; Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 29:20, 32:21, 32:22; Proverbs 6:34; Song of Songs 8:6; Zephaniah 1:18 they shall take awayThis refers to the severe vengeance which enraged husbands took on their faithless wives, and implies that God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and priests of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such punishments were anciently common; and such is the present practice in one of the South Sea Islands.they shall take thyEzekiel 23:47; Hosea 2:4, 2:5 thy residueEzekiel 15:6, 15:7, 20:47, 20:48, 22:18-22; Revelation 18:8ReciprocalDeuteronomy 21:8 - lay not; Isaiah 3:17 - discover; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:29 - deal; 24:21 - that which your soul pitieth; Nahum 3:5 - I am Verse 26stripEzekiel 23:29, 16:16, 16:37, 16:39; Jeremiah 13:22; Hosea 2:3, 2:9, 2:10; Revelation 17:16, 18:14-17 fair jewelsHeb. instruments of thy decking, Isaiah 3:17-24; 1 Peter 3:3, 3:4ReciprocalNehemiah 13:18 - Did not your; Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Verse 27will IEzekiel 16:41, 22:15; Isaiah 27:9; Micah 5:10-14; Zechariah 13:2 and thyEzekiel 23:3, 23:19 so thatThese severe judgments shall effectually deter you from idolatry, and make you abhor the least approaches to it. This often repeated prediction has received a most wonderful accomplishment. For neither the authority, frowns, examples, or favour of their conquerors or powerful neighbours, nor their own fears, hopes, interests, or predilection for the sensual worship of idols, could prevail with them to run into gross idolatry, either during the captivity, or ever afterwards, to the present day, a period of 2,414 years.ReciprocalNumbers 17:5 - I will; Deuteronomy 12:31 - even their sons; Jeremiah 13:22 - skirts; Ezekiel 23:48 - I cause; 24:11 - that the filthiness Verse 28whom thouEzekiel 23:17, 23:22, 16:37; Jeremiah 21:7-10, 24:8, 34:20Reciprocal4:30 - in vain; Lamentations 1:14 - delivered; Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast; 16:27 - delivered; 31:11 - delivered Verse 29dealEzekiel 23:25, 23:26, 23:45-47, 16:39; Deuteronomy 28:47-51; 2 Samuel 13:15 the nakednessEzekiel 23:18, 16:36, 16:37ReciprocalJeremiah 4:30 - in vain; 7:10 - come; 13:26 - General; Lamentations 1:8 - they; Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered; 23:10 - discovered; 23:47 - the company; 24:14 - according to thy ways; Hosea 2:10 - now; Nahum 3:5 - I will discover; Revelation 2:22 - and them Verse 30thou hastEzekiel 23:12-21, 6:9; Psalm 106:35-38; Jeremiah 2:18-20, 16:11, 16:12, 22:8, 22:9 because thou artEzekiel 23:7, 23:17
Verse 31walkedEzekiel 23:13, 16:47-51; Jeremiah 3:8-11 her2 Kings 21:13; Jeremiah 7:14, 7:15; Daniel 9:12ReciprocalPsalm 60:3 - to drink; Isaiah 51:17 - which hast; Jeremiah 48:26 - ye him; Ezekiel 7:4 - but; 16:46 - elder; 43:10 - that they; Hosea 1:4 - will cause; 5:5 - Judah; 12:2 - and will; John 18:11 - the cup Verse 32drinkPsalm 60:3; Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 25:15-28, 48:26; Matthew 20:22, 20:23; Revelation 16:19; 18:6 thou shalt beEzekiel 22:4, 22:5, 25:6, 26:2, 35:15, 36:3; Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; Psalm 79:3; Jeremiah 25:9; Lamentations 2:15, 2:16; Micah 7:8ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:46 - a sign; 2 Kings 23:27 - I will remove; Jeremiah 25:16 - General; Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made; 43:10 - that they; Hosea 7:16 - this; 12:2 - and will Verse 33filledJeremiah 25:27; Habakkuk 2:16 with the cup of astonishmentIsaiah 51:17, 51:22ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:46 - a sign; Song of Songs 8:8 - a little; Ezekiel 12:18 - General Verse 34drinkPsalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17 and pluckEzekiel 23:3, 23:8; Revelation 18:7
Verse 35BecauseEzekiel 22:12; Isaiah 17:10; Jeremiah 2:32, 3:21, 13:25, 23:27, 32:33; Hosea 8:14, 13:6; Romans 1:28 and cast1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26 thereforeEzekiel 23:45-49, 7:4, 44:10; Leviticus 24:15; Numbers 14:34, 18:22Reciprocal14:33 - bear; Jeremiah 2:27 - for they; Ezekiel 8:16 - with their; 23:49 - ye shall bear; Hosea 2:13 - forgat Verse 36wiltEzekiel 20:4, 22:2; Jeremiah 1:10; 1 Corinthians 6:2, 6:3 judgeor, plead for, Jeremiah 11:14, 14:11 AholahEzekiel 23:4 declare16:2; Isaiah 58:1; Hosea 2:2; Micah 3:8-11; Matthew 23:13-35; Luke 11:39-52; Acts 7:51-53ReciprocalEzekiel 23:45 - the righteous; 24:13 - thy filthiness Verse 37they haveEzekiel 23:5, 16:32; Hosea 1:2, 3:1 and bloodEzekiel 23:39, 23:45, 16:36, 16:38, 22:2-4, 24:6-9; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 106:37, 106:38; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 7:6, 7:9; Hosea 4:2; Micah 3:10; Luke 13:34 have alsoEzekiel 23:4, 16:20, 16:21, 16:36, 16:45, 20:26, 20:31; Leviticus 18:21, 20:2-5; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 17:17, 21:6; Jeremiah 7:31, 32:35Reciprocal2 Kings 23:10 - might make; 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused; Jeremiah 7:10 - come; Ezekiel 20:39 - but; 36:18 - for the; Micah 6:7 - shall Verse 38they haveEzekiel 7:20, 8:5-16; 2 Kings 21:4, 21:7, 23:11, 23:12 and haveEzekiel 20:13, 20:24, 22:8; Nehemiah 13:17, 13:18; Jeremiah 17:27ReciprocalLeviticus 15:31 - that they; 20:3 - to defile; Ezekiel 8:6 - even; 23:39 - thus; 43:7 - no more; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any Verse 39they cameIsaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 7:8-11, 11:15; Micah 3:11; John 18:28 thusEzekiel 23:38, 44:7; 2 Kings 21:4; 2 Chronicles 33:4-7; Jeremiah 23:11ReciprocalLeviticus 20:2 - giveth; 20:3 - to defile; 2 Kings 17:17 - they caused; 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused; Jeremiah 7:10 - come; Ezekiel 8:6 - even; 16:20 - and these; 22:8 - General; 23:37 - and blood; 43:7 - no more; 43:8 - setting; 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any Verse 40ye haveEzekiel 23:13; Isaiah 57:9 to comeHeb. coming, 2 Kings 20:13-15 thou didstRuth 3:3; Esther 2:12 paintedstKachalt aineych rendered by the LXX