Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:16
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
16. Read: and she doted upon them after the sight of her eyes i.e. with delight and desire (Isa 11:3).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sending of messengers refers to the act of Ahaz 2Ki 16:7.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Saw them; the portraits of them.
She doted upon them; like an unsatiable and most impudent adulteress, she fell into most inordinate affection for their persons on sight of their pictures.
Sent messengers unto them; courted the love of those strangers, and wooed their embraces, sent to make alliances with them, prostituted herself to them.
Into Chaldea: though it was a long journey, troublesome and costly, all this hinders not this extravagant, lewd woman, she sends to these remote parts, and forgets her God.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
16. sent messengers . . . intoChaldea (Eze 16:29). Itwas she that solicited the Chaldeans, not they her. Probably theoccasion was when Judah sought to strengthen herself by a Chaldeanalliance against a menaced attack by Egypt (compare 2Ki 23:29-35;2Ki 24:1-7). God made theobject of their sinful desire the instrument of their punishment.Jehoiakim, probably by a stipulation of tribute, enlistedNebuchadnezzar against Pharaoh, whose tributary he previously hadbeen; failing to keep his stipulation, he brought on himselfNebuchadnezzar’s vengeance.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them,…. As lustful women, on the sight of the pictures of men, fall in love with them, and are mad after them; such a vehement desire after the idols of the Chaldeans prevailed, upon seeing their images:
and sent messengers unto them in Chaldea; to make alliances with the Chaldeans, and to have their idols, and worship them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) Saw them with her eyes.This is to be taken in a sense wide enough to include knowledge obtained in any way, as well as by actual sight. The intercourse between Juda and Babylon was so close that many of the people had seen the Babylonians personally, while others knew of them through their report.
Sent messengers.Ahaz sent messengers to Assyria (2Ki. 16:7), and Hezekiah entertained ambassadors from Babylon (2Ki. 20:13); but besides these, the whole history of the times implies that there must have been frequent embassies of which no special mention is made. One from Zedekiah is incidentally mentioned by Jeremiah (Jer. 29:3), of which there is no record in history.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“And as soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messages to them to Chaldea.”
This possibly has in mind the action of Hezekiah (Isa 39:1-8; 2Ki 20:12-19), depicted in terms of a lovesick girl writing to someone whose photograph (depicted likeness) she has seen. But the idea is also more general. The flirtation was a continuous one.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Ver. 16. And as soon as she saw them with her eyes. ] Here began the mischief. Ut vidi ut perii! Conciliatorem peccati oculum Talmudici nominant.
“ Oculi sunt in amore duces. ”
Many have died of the wound in the eye.
And sent messengers unto them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as soon as she saw them with her eyes: Heb. at the sight of her eyes, Eze 16:29, Gen 3:6, Gen 6:2, Gen 39:7, 2Sa 11:2, 2Ki 24:1, Job 31:1, Psa 119:37, Pro 6:25, Pro 23:33, Mat 5:28
and sent: Eze 23:40, Eze 23:41, Eze 16:17, Eze 16:29, 2Pe 2:14
Reciprocal: 2Ki 16:10 – saw an altar Isa 3:9 – and they declare Isa 57:9 – thou wentest to the king Eze 23:5 – doted Hos 2:5 – I will
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 23:16. Doted upon them means she gave improper encouragement to them as her sister had done according to verse 5. She even became the aggressor and sent messengers to them with “suggestions.