Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:41
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
41. a table prepared ] i.e. spread.
hast set mine incense ] didst set. The words indicate that service of other gods is referred to under the figure of the harlot’s entertainment.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 41. And satest upon a stately bed] Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here is in allusion to the sofas on which the ancients were accustomed to recline at their meals; or to the couches on which they place Asiatic brides, with incense pots and sweetmeats on a table before them.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Safest; it is a table gesture, as appears, she was prepared to feast them.
Upon a stately bed; a magnificent, rich bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leant on their sides, which would not have been a comely posture to a woman.
Table prepared; table furnished with choicest provision, such as made for feasts, when solemn sacrifices were offered, or when vows were paid, as the harlot, Pro 7:14,15.
Set mine incense: this assures us that idolatrous worship was acted by her in compliance with the Chaldeans, offered to their idols, and then feasted the idolaters, with what God had given her, when they confirmed their leagues, and swore by false gods.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
41. beddivan. While menreclined at table, women sat, as it seemed indelicate for them to liedown (Am 6:4) [GROTIUS].
tablethat is, theidolatrous altar.
mine incensewhich Ihad given thee, and which thou oughtest to have offered to Me(Eze 16:18; Eze 16:19;Hos 2:8; compare Pr7:17).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And satest upon a stately bed,…. Or honourable g, a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a feast, made for the entertainment of them; it being usual in the eastern nations to sit on beds at eating, to which the next clause agrees. The allusion is to a harlot sitting on a bed decked out by her to allure men to lie with her; see Pr 7:16:
and a table prepared before it; before the bed, furnished with the richest provisions to treat the ambassadors with; or this may design an altar built for them to offer on it sacrifices to their idols, according to the customs of their countries:
whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil; which were the gifts of God to this people, and which they should have used in his service; but with these they treated the ministers of Heathen princes; scenting the room where they were entertained with incense, and anointing their heads and feet with oil, for their pleasure and refreshment; or they offered these on the altars of the idols to them.
g “honorato”, Junius and Tremellius, Polanus, Coeccius, Starckius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(41) A stately bed is rather the couch or divan used for reclining at a feast. Mine incense and mine oil (comp. Eze. 16:18) may be taken simply as the products of the land, the good gifts of God which Israel bestowed upon the heathen; but as both of these were especially used in sacrifices, it is better to connect with this the perversion to the worship of the idols of the heathen of what should have been Jehovahs only.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Ver. 41. And satest. ] For entertainment sake.
Whereupon thou hast set mine incense
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
a stately bed. Compare Pro 7:16-18. Isa 67:8, Isa 67:9,
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
stately: Heb. honourable, Est 1:6, Pro 7:16, Pro 7:17, Isa 57:7, Amo 2:8, Amo 6:4
a table: Eze 44:16, Isa 65:11, Mal 1:7
whereupon: Eze 16:18, Eze 16:19, Pro 7:17, Jer 44:17, Hos 2:8, Hos 2:9
Reciprocal: Isa 57:8 – the doors Jer 4:30 – Though Eze 23:16 – and sent Eze 41:22 – This is
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 23:41, After decorating their bodies in a suggestive manner, the men found them occupying a stately bed, one that belonged properly to the use of persons of special honor, there to receive the embraces of these strange men. Near the bed was a table on which were the materials with which they could refresh themselves at intervals with their unlawful intimacies with these wives of another person.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
23:41 And satest {q} upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.
(q) He means the altar that was prepared for the idols.