Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ezekiel 23
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
two women. Two sisters, representing respectively Samaria and Jerusalem.
whoredoms = idolatries.
Egypt. Compare Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 20:8. pressed = handled, as in verses: Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:21.
bruised = squeezed (in natural use).
Aholah. Hebrew. "ahalah = [She has] her own tent. So named probably because Israel set up her own worship as distinct from Jehovah"s.
elder. Refers not to age, but to extent.
Aholibah. Hebrew. "ahalibah = My tent [is] in her.
calling to remembrance. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the desiring of her former idolatries.
harlot. Put for idolatress.
in. Some codices read "from", as in Ezekiel 23:8 and Ezekiel 23:27.
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the product of the labour.
break: or, gnaw, lest a drop should be lost.
pluck off = tear out: i.e. destroy the occasions of their idolatry.
saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
lewdness . . . whoredoms. Put here by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-8, for the punishment due to the idolatry.
adultery. Put (like whoredom) for all idolatry, as being unfaithfulness to Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 16:15.
caused = set apart.
to pass, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-4),
them. "Them" is masculine, and refers to the idols, in the first clause; and so, many codices, with six earlypriated editions (one Rabbinic). But some codices read feminine = themselves.
defiled . . . profaned. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:31). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 22:8.
men. Plural of "mush. App-14.
wash thyself. Compare Ruth 3:3.
paintedst, he. Compare 2 Kings 9:30. Jeremiah 4:30.
multitude, &c. = a careless throng.
with her: or, in her: i.e. in Jerusalem.
men of the common sort = men out of the mass of mankind.
men. Hebrew, plural of "enosh, App-14.
the common sort. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
Sabeans. Hebrew text reads "drunkards", But margin, and some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Sebeans".
and she = even hers. Ginsburg thinks it should read so it was". Compare Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 16:19.
they went. Hebrew text reads "came he". A special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came they".
sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
ye shall know, &c. Occurs only here, Ezekiel 13:9; and Ezekiel 24:24. Compare note on Ezekiel 6:7.
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