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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Brenton's Septuagint

Ezekiel 23:1

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Idolatry;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Marriage;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Fornication;   Oholah;   Oholibah;   Prostitution;   Samaria, Samaritans;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Oholah and Oholibah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grace;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me again:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
King James Version
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:
English Revised Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
New Living Translation
This message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,
THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother. They became whores in Egypt, whores from a young age. Their breasts were fondled, their young bosoms caressed. The older sister was named Oholah, the younger was Oholibah. They were my daughters, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. "Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: 3 and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity. 4 And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and as for their names, Samaria was Oola, and Jerusalem was Ooliba. 5 And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors, 6 clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horseman riding on horses. 7 And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whomsoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all their devices. 8 And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her. 9 Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted. 10 They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 2:23 - see Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation Ezekiel 22:2 - her abominations Hosea 1:2 - for Hosea 4:12 - gone Zechariah 5:7 - is

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord came unto me,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; another prophecy, one upon the same subject, as in

Ezekiel 16:1,

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seventh word of judgment. The allegory of Aholah and Aholibah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIII

The idolatries of Samaria and Jerusalem are represented in this

chapter by the bad practices of two common harlots, for which

God denounces severe judgments against them, 1-49.

See the sixteenth chapter, where the same metaphor is enlarged

upon as here, it being the prophets view to exude the utmost

detestation of the crime against which he inveighs.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII


 
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