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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 23:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 23:1 |
Strong Concordance |
The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came again unto me, saying [0559], |
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King James |
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The seventh word of judgment. The allegory of Aholah and Aholibah. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The Sisters Oholah and Oholibah
Eze 23:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 23:2. Son of man, two women, daughters of one mother were they, Eze 23:3. They committed whoredom in Egypt, in their youth they committed whoredom; there were their breasts pressed, and there men handled their virgin bosom. Eze 23:4. Their names are Oholah, the greater, and Oholibah her sister; and they became mine, and bare sons and daughters. But their names are: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah. - The name אהליבה is formed from אהלי בהּ, "my tent in her;" and, accordingly, אהלה is to be derived from אהלהּ, "her tent," and not to be regarded as an abbreviation of אהלהּ בהּ, "her tent in her," as Hitzig and Kliefoth maintain. There is no ground for this assumption, as "her tent," in contrast with "my tent in her," expresses the thought with sufficient clearness, that she had a tent of her own, and the place where her tent was does not come into consideration. The "tent" is the sanctuary: both tabernacle and temple. These names characterize the two kingdoms according to their attitude toward the Lord. Jerusalem had the sanctuary of Jehovah; Samaria, on the other hand, had her own sanctuary, i.e., one invented by herself. Samaria and Jerusalem, as the historical names of the two kingdoms, represent Israel of the ten tribes and Judah. Oholah and Oholibah are daughters of one mother, because they were the two halves of the one Israel; and they are called women, because Jehovah had married them (Eze 23:4). Oholah is called הגּדולה, the great, i.e., the greater sister (not the elder, see the comm. on Eze 16:46); because ten tribes, the greater portion of Israel, belonged to Samaria, whereas Judah had only two tribes. They committed whoredom even in Egypt in their youth, for even in Egypt the Israelites defiled themselves with Egyptian idolatry (see the comm. on Eze 20:7). מיעך, to press, to crush: the Pual is used here to denote lewd handling. In a similar manner the Piel עשּׂה is used to signify tractare, contrectare mammas, in an obscene sense. |
7 Then said [0559] I unto them, Cast ye away [07993] every man [0376] the abominations [08251] of his eyes [05869], and defile [02930] not yourselves with the idols [01544] of Egypt [04714]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
46 And thine elder [01419] sister [0269] is Samaria [08111], she and her daughters [01323] that dwell [03427] at thy left hand [08040]: and thy younger [06996] sister [0269], that dwelleth [03427] at thy right hand [03225], is Sodom [05467] and her daughters [01323].
4 And the names [08034] of them were Aholah [0170] the elder [01419], and Aholibah [0172] her sister [0269]: and they were mine, and they bare [03205] sons [01121] and daughters [01323]. Thus were their names [08034]; Samaria [08111] is Aholah [0170], and Jerusalem [03389] Aholibah [0172].
4 And the names [08034] of them were Aholah [0170] the elder [01419], and Aholibah [0172] her sister [0269]: and they were mine, and they bare [03205] sons [01121] and daughters [01323]. Thus were their names [08034]; Samaria [08111] is Aholah [0170], and Jerusalem [03389] Aholibah [0172].
3 And they committed whoredoms [02181] in Egypt [04714]; they committed whoredoms [02181] in their youth [05271]: there were their breasts [07699] pressed [04600], and there they bruised [06213] the teats [01717] of their virginity [01331].
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], there were two [08147] women [0802], the daughters [01323] of one [0259] mother [0517]:
1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came again unto me, saying [0559],