Bible Commentary

For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh [is as] the flesh of asses, and whose issue [is like] the issue of horses. Verse 20. She doted upon their paramours] pillagsheyhem, their harlots or concubines. Anciently harlot meant in our language either the male or female prostitute. Whose flesh is as the flesh of asses] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:20”

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. 19. Judah being situated between the two great empires of Babylon and Egypt and coveted by both, was naturally a hotbed of intrigue by partizans on both sides. The influence … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:19”

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. 18. “Discovered” is uncovered, revealed. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges So, by this unsatiableness and change of lovers, she discovered her whoredoms; made it appear to all, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:18”

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. 17. alienated from them ] The figure lies in the revulsion of sated passion; the thing in the weariness of the Babylonian alliance and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:17”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:16”

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: 15. girded with girdles ] The “girdles” were properly not belts or sashes, but articles of clothing, tunics or waist-cloths (Isa 11:5). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:15”

And [that] she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, 14. and that she increased ] Rather: And she added to her whoredoms, with full stop at Eze 23:13. It was certainly the custom in Babylonia to draw figures of men and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:14”

Then I saw that she was defiled, [that] they [took] both one way, Eze 23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way. Infection easy Manton says: We easily catch an infectious disease from one another, but no man receiveth health from anothers company. Too true. Evil communications inevitably corrupt … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:13”

She doted upon the Assyrians [her] neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 12. her neighbours ] The order is: the Assyrians, governors and satraps, warriors clothed See on Eze 23:5. The intervention of Assyria in the affairs of Judah was caused by the appeal … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:12”

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. 11 21. The infidelities of Judah with Assyria, Babylon and Egypt 11. On the greater excesses of Judah cf. Eze 16:47; Eze 16:51; Jer 3:8; Jer 3:11. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 23:11”