1-21 The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah 23-35 Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers 36-44 The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both 45-49 and shews their judgments

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2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

two Eze 16:44,46 Jer 3:7-10

3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

in Egypt Eze 20:8 Le 17:7 De 29:16 Jos 24:14

in their Eze 23:8,19,21 16:22 Ho 2:15

4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

the names
The 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 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 elder Eze 16:40 1Ki 12:20

they were Eze 16:8,20 Ex 19:5,6 Ps 45:11-16 Jer 2:2,3 Ro 7:4

Aholah. that is, His tent, or tabernacle 1Ki 12:26-33 Joh 4:22

Aholibah. that is, my tabernacle in her. 1Ki 8:29 Ps 76:2 132:13,14

5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

Aholah. The 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. 1Ki 14:9,16 15:26,30 16:31,32 21:26 2Ki 17:7-18

doted Eze 23:7,9,12,16,20 16:37 Jer 50:38

on the Eze 16:28 2Ki 15:19 16:7 17:3 Ho 5:13 8:9,10 10:6 12:1

6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

all of Eze 23:12-15

7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

committed he whoredoms with them. [heb] bestowed her whoredoms upon them. Eze 16:15

the chosen men of Assyria [heb] the choice of the children of Asshur. Ge 10:22

with all their Eze 23:30 20:7 22:3,4 Ps 106:39 Ho 5:3 6:10

8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

whoredoms Eze 23:3,19,21 Ex 32:4 1Ki 12:28 2Ki 10:29 17:16

9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

2Ki 15:29 17:3-6,23 18:9-12 1Ch 5:26 Ho 11:5 Re 17:12,13,16

10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

discovered Eze 23:29 16:37-41 Ho 2:3,10

they took Eze 23:47

famous [heb] a name Eze 23:48 Jer 22:8,9

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

her sister Eze 23:4 Jer 3:8

was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she [heb] she corrupted her inordinate love more than she

her sister in her whoredoms [heb] the whoredoms of her sister Eze 16:47-51 Jer 3:8-11

12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.

upon Eze 23:5 16:28 2Ki 16:7-15 2Ch 28:16-23

captains Eze 23:6,23

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

that they Eze 23:31 2Ki 17:18,19 Ho 12:1,2

14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,

pourtrayed Eze 8:10 Isa 46:1 Jer 50:2

vermilion Jer 22:14

15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

with girdles 1Sa 18:4 Isa 22:21

all of Jud 8:18 2Sa 14:25

look to. That 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.

16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

as soon as she saw them with her eyes [heb] at the sight of her eyes. Eze 16:29 Ge 3:6 6:2 39:7 2Sa 11:2 2Ki 24:1 Job 31:1 Ps 119:37 Pr 6:25 23:33 Mt 5:28

and sent Eze 23:40,41 16:17,29 2Pe 2:14

17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

Babylonians. [heb] children of Babel Ge 10:10 11:9

and her Eze 23:22,28 16:37 2Sa 13:15

alienated [heb] loosed or disjointed

18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

discovered Eze 16:36 21:24 Isa 3:9 Jer 8:12 Ho 7:1

then De 32:19 Ps 78:59 106:40 Jer 6:8 12:8 15:1 La 2:7 Ho 2:2 Am 6:8 Zec 11:8

19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

multiplied Eze 23:14 16:25,29,51

in calling Eze 23:3,8,21 16:22 20:7

20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Eze 16:20,26 17:15

21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

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22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

I will raise Eze 23:9,28 16:37 Isa 10:5,6 39:3,4 Hab 1:6-10 Re 17:16

from Eze 23:17

and I Jer 6:22,23 12:9-12

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

Babylonians Eze 21:19 2Ki 20:14-17 25:1-3

the Chaldeans 2Ki 24:2 Job 1:17 Isa 23:13 Ac 7:4

Pekod Jer 50:21

the Assyrians Ge 2:14 25:18 Ezr 6:22

desirable Eze 23:6,12

24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

with chariots Eze 26:10 Jer 47:3 Na 2:3,4 3:2,3

I will set Eze 23:45 16:38 21:23 2Sa 24:14 Jer 39:5,6

25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

I will set Eze 5:13 8:1-18 16:38-42 Ex 34:14 De 29:20 32:21,22 Pr 6:34 So 8:6 Zep 1:18

they shall take away. This 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 thy Eze 23:47 Ho 2:4,5

thy residue Eze 15:6,7 20:47,48 22:18-22 Re 18:8

26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

strip Eze 23:29 16:16,37,39 Jer 13:22 Ho 2:3,9,10 Re 17:16 18:14-17

fair jewels [heb] instruments of thy decking Isa 3:17-24 1Pe 3:3,4

27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

will I Eze 16:41 22:15 Isa 27:9 Mic 5:10-14 Zec 13:2

and thy Eze 23:3,19

so that. These 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 2414 years.

28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

who thou Eze 23:17,22 16:37 Jer 21:7-10 24:8 34:20

29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

deal Eze 23:25,26,45-47 16:39 De 28:47-51 2Sa 13:15

the nakedness Eze 23:18 16:36,37

30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

thou hast Eze 23:12-21 6:9 Ps 106:35-38 Jer 2:18-20 16:11,12 22:8,9

because thou art Eze 23:7,17

31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

walked Eze 23:13 16:47-51 Jer 3:8-11

her 2Ki 21:13 Jer 7:14,15 Da 9:12

32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

drink Ps 60:3 Isa 51:17 Jer 25:15-28 48:26 Mt 20:22,23 Re 16:19 18:6

thou shalt be Eze 22:4,5 25:6 26:2 35:15 36:3 De 28:37 1Ki 9:7 Ps 79:3 Jer 25:9 La 2:15,16 Mic 7:8

33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

filled Jer 25:27 Hab 2:16

with the cup of astonishment Isa 51:17,22

34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

drink Ps 75:8 Isa 51:17

and pluck Eze 23:3,8 Re 18:7

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Because Eze 23:12 Isa 17:10 Jer 2:32 3:21 13:25 23:27 32:33 Ho 8:14 13:6 Ro 1:28

and cast 1Ki 14:9 Ne 9:26

therefore Eze 23:45-49 7:4 44:10 Le 24:15 Nu 14:34 18:22

36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

wilt Eze 20:4 22:2 Jer 1:10 1Co 6:2,3

judge. or, plead for Jer 11:14 14:11

Aholah Eze 23:4

declare Eze 16:2 Isa 58:1 Ho 2:2 Mic 3:8-11 Mt 23:13-35 Lu 11:39-52 Ac 7:51-53

37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

they have Eze 23:5 16:32 Ho 1:2 3:1

and blood Eze 23:39,45 16:36,38 22:2-4 24:6-9 2Ki 24:4 Ps 106:37,38 Isa 1:15 Jer 7:6,9 Ho 4:2 Mic 3:10 Lu 13:34

have also Eze 23:4 16:20,21,36,45 20:26,31 Le 18:21 20:2-5 De 12:31 2Ki 17:17 21:6 Jer 7:31 32:35

38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

they have Eze 7:20 8:5-16 2Ki 21:4,7 23:11,12

and have Eze 20:13,24 22:8 Ne 13:17,18 Jer 17:27

39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

they came Isa 3:9 Jer 7:8-11 11:15 Mic 3:11 Joh 18:28

thus Eze 23:38 44:7 2Ki 21:4 2Ch 33:4-7 Jer 23:11

40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

ye have Eze 23:13 Isa 57:9

to come [heb] coming 2Ki 20:13-15

thou didst Ru 3:3 Es 2:12

paintedst {Kachalt aineych} rendered by the LXX [] `thou didst paint thine eyes with stibium,' and Vulgate [],`thou didst paint round thine eyes with stibium,' or lead ore; whence it is called in Arabic [kochl], and in Syriac [kechlo], and koochlo 2Ki 9:30 Jer 4:30

and deckedst Eze 16:13-16 Pr 7:10 Isa 3:18-23

41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

stately [heb] honourable Es 1:6 Pr 7:16,17 Isa 57:7 Am 2:8 6:4

a table Eze 44:16 Isa 65:11 Mal 1:7

whereupon Eze 16:18,19 Pr 7:17 Jer 44:17 Ho 2:8,9

42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

a voice. This 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 Ex 32:6,18,19 Ho 13:6 Am 6:1-6

common sort [heb] multitude of men.
were brought Job 1:15 Joe 3:8

Sabeans or, drunkards
bracelets Eze 16:11,12 Re 12:3

43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

old Ezr 9:7 Ps 106:6 Jer 13:23 Da 9:16

whoredoms with her [heb] her whoredoms

44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.

so went Eze 23:3,9-13

45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

the righteous The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals Eze 23:36 Jer 5:14 Ho 6:5 Zec 1:6 Joh 8:3-7

after the manner of adulteresses. Eze 23:37-39 16:38-43 Le 20:10 21:9 De 22:21-24 Joh 8:7

because Eze 23:37

46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

I will Eze 23:22-26 16:40 Jer 25:9

to be removed and spoiled [heb] for a removing and spoil Jer 15:4 24:9 34:17

47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

the company Eze 23:25,29 9:6 16:41 Jer 33:4,5

dispatch them. or, single them out Eze 24:6

shall slay Eze 24:21 2Ch 36:17-19

and burn De 13:16 Jer 39:8 52:13

48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

I cause Eze 23:27 6:6 22:15 36:25 Mic 5:11-14 Zep 1:3

that Eze 5:15 16:41 De 13:11 Isa 26:9 1Co 10:6-11 2Pe 2:6

49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

they shall Eze 7:4,9 9:10 11:21 16:43 22:31 Isa 59:18

ye shall bear Eze 23:35

and ye shall know Eze 6:7 20:38,42,44 25:5 Ps 9:16