Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:27
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.
27. brought from Egypt ] i.e. continued since the time they were in the land of Egypt, cf. Eze 16:41; Eze 22:15.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
By these destroying judgments, which shall make thee cease to be a people, I will put an end to the lewdness thou wouldst never have put end to, thou shalt never have opportunity, if thou hadst heart, to do the like.
Thy whoredom, idolatries,
brought from the land of Egypt, when thou camest out under my hand.
Thou shalt not lift up thine eyes with desire and affection toward them, as once, when thou dotedst on them;
nor remember Egypt any more, with love, trust, imitation, and desire of commerce with her, but all thy remembrance of Egypt shall be with deep shame and loathing.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
27. Thus . . . make . . . lewdnessto ceaseThe captivity has made the Jews ever since abhoridolatry, not only on their return from Babylon, but for the lasteighteen centuries of their dispersion, as foretold (Ho3:4).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee,…. That is, their idolatry; for, after this captivity, the Jews never were guilty of idolatry any more:
and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; the idolatry which they learned there, and brought from thence; so the Targum,
“the worship of thine idols, which was with thee when thou wast in the land of Egypt:”
so that thou shall not lift up thine eyes unto them; to the idols of Egypt, to pray unto them, and worship them:
nor remember Egypt any more; with any delight and pleasure, and so as to desire an alliance with them, and help from them, or to join with them in their idolatries: so the Targum,
“and the idols of the Egyptians thou shalt remember no more.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
27-29. This unfaithfulness, begun in Egypt and continued ever since, shall finally cease (note Eze 22:15), but not until her old lovers “in hatred” shall take away all her wealth ( labor) and leave her destitute, her nakedness publicly revealed ( discovered).
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“Her nobles in her midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy people, that they may get dishonest gain.”
This confirms that the royal princes were in mind in 25, for they were like lions whereas the nobles here are like wolves. But they too are just as rapacious and treat people as prey, shed blood, destroy people, and use every means to obtain dishonest gain.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
“Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your whoredom, brought with you from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.”
Yet God’s final purpose is merciful. It should be noted that after his depiction of severe judgments Ezekiel constantly comes back to future hope. Here the lessons learned will result in their putting aside idolatry and the influence of Egypt once and for all. They will cease their licentious behaviour and their following after strange and corrupt gods. Their minds will no longer hanker back to Egypt. The root which was in her from her earliest days in Egypt will be removed for ever. They will look only to Yahweh.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 23:27. Thus will I make, &c. “These severe judgments shall effectually deter thee from idolatry, and make thee to abhor the least approaches towards it.” Accordingly, we find that after the captivity the Jews never returned to their idolatrous practices. See Lowth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 23:27 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.
Ver. 27. Then will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee. ] Thy prepensed wickedness. This benefit thou shalt reap and receive of thine enemies’ cruelty.
Nor remember Egypt.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
will I: Eze 16:41, Eze 22:15, Isa 27:9, Mic 5:10-14, Zec 13:2
and thy: Eze 23:3, Eze 23:19
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 2,414 years.
Reciprocal: Num 17:5 – I will Deu 12:31 – even their sons Jer 13:22 – skirts Eze 23:48 – I cause Eze 24:11 – that the filthiness
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 23:27. Make thy lewdness to cease. Since idolatry is the real subject of all these comparisons, this expression is a prediction of the cure from idolatry that will result by cast-ing his wife (Judah) into the hands of her evil associates. This prediction was fulfilled according to the historical quotation given in connection with Isa 1:25 in volume 3 of this Commentary.