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Ezekiel 23

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Overview

Ezekiel 23:1, The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah; Ezekiel 23:23, Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers; Ezekiel 23:36, The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both; Ezekiel 23:45, and shews their judgments.

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

two: Ezekiel 16:44, Ezekiel 16:46, Jeremiah 3:7-10

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:7 - sinned Isaiah 57:8 - thou lovedst Isaiah 59:12 - our transgressions Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Jeremiah 11:15 - seeing Jeremiah 13:27 - thine adulteries Hosea 12:14 - provoked

Verse 3

in Egypt: Ezekiel 20:8, Leviticus 17:7, Deuteronomy 29:16, Joshua 24:14

in their: Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:19, Ezekiel 23:21, Ezekiel 16:22, Hosea 2:15

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:8 - lay not Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day Psalms 106:39 - went Psalms 129:1 - from Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness Jeremiah 7:25 - the day Jeremiah 22:21 - This Jeremiah 31:19 - I did Jeremiah 32:30 - from Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 20:7 - defile Ezekiel 23:27 - and thy Ezekiel 23:34 - and pluck Ezekiel 23:44 - so went

Verse 4

the names: The kingdom of Israel, of which Samaria was the capital, containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country than that of Judah, is therefore called "her elder sister;" and Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religious establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and service of their own, and not of God's appointment. Aholibah, the name given to Judah, implies that the worship established there was from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.

the elder: Ezekiel 16:40, 1 Kings 12:20

they were: Ezekiel 16:8, Ezekiel 16:20, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Psalms 45:11-16, Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:3, Romans 7:4

Aholah: that is, His tent, or tabernacle, 1 Kings 12:26-33, John 4:22

Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her, 1 Kings 8:29, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:19 - Also Judah Nehemiah 9:26 - they were Jeremiah 3:1 - but thou hast Jeremiah 31:32 - although I was Ezekiel 16:46 - elder Ezekiel 23:11 - her sister Ezekiel 23:36 - Aholah Ezekiel 23:37 - have also Hosea 2:7 - first Hosea 4:15 - play Hosea 7:1 - wickedness Hosea 7:8 - he hath Hosea 7:11 - they call

Verse 5

Aholah: The Israelites, in addition to their former gross idolatries, received the impure idolatrous worship of the Assyrians, who became their neighbours by the conquest of Syria. 1 Kings 14:9, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 21:26, 2 Kings 17:7-18

doted: Ezekiel 23:7, Ezekiel 23:9, Ezekiel 23:12, Ezekiel 23:16, Ezekiel 23:20, Ezekiel 16:37, Jeremiah 50:38

on the: Ezekiel 16:28, 2 Kings 15:19, 2 Kings 16:7, 2 Kings 17:3, Hosea 5:13, Hosea 8:9, Hosea 8:10, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 12:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - played the harlot Genesis 39:7 - cast Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a Judges 18:24 - what have Jeremiah 2:20 - playing Ezekiel 21:24 - your transgressions Ezekiel 23:37 - they have Hosea 2:5 - their mother Hosea 5:3 - thou Hosea 6:10 - there Amos 2:6 - For three

Verse 6

all of: Ezekiel 23:12-15

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:7 - cast Ezekiel 23:23 - desirable Revelation 9:16 - horsemen

Verse 7

committed her whoredoms with them: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them, Ezekiel 16:15

the chosen men of Assyria: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur, Genesis 10:22

with all their: Ezekiel 23:30, Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 22:3, Ezekiel 22:4, Psalms 106:39, Hosea 5:3, Hosea 6:10

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:5 - doted

Verse 8

whoredoms: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:19, Ezekiel 23:21, Exodus 32:4, 1 Kings 12:28, 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 17:16

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:7 - gone a whoring Leviticus 18:3 - the doings Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away 2 Kings 21:15 - since the day Nehemiah 13:18 - Did not your Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 16:36 - Because Ezekiel 20:7 - defile Ezekiel 20:16 - for their Ezekiel 23:34 - and pluck

Verse 9

2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:3-6, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 18:9-12, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Hosea 11:5, Revelation 17:12, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a Jeremiah 3:8 - when for Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Jeremiah 22:20 - for Jeremiah 30:14 - lovers Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made Ezekiel 16:37 - General Ezekiel 23:5 - doted Ezekiel 23:22 - I will raise Ezekiel 23:44 - so went Hosea 8:10 - now Hosea 10:10 - and the

Verse 10

discovered: Ezekiel 23:29, Ezekiel 16:37-41, Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:10

they took: Ezekiel 23:47

famous: Heb. a name, Ezekiel 23:48, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:2 - famous Jeremiah 3:9 - lightness Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made Ezekiel 16:36 - and thy Ezekiel 16:40 - and thrust Ezekiel 16:41 - and execute Hosea 1:4 - will cause Hosea 8:10 - now

Verse 11

her sister: Ezekiel 23:4, Jeremiah 3:8

was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than she. her sister in her whoredoms. Heb. the whoredoms of her sister. Ezekiel 16:47-51, Jeremiah 3:8-11

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 3:6 - backsliding Jeremiah 3:11 - justified Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 16:46 - elder Hosea 12:2 - and will Amos 2:4 - because Micah 1:13 - for

Verse 12

upon: Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 16:28, 2 Kings 16:7-15, 2 Chronicles 28:16-23

captains: Ezekiel 23:6, Ezekiel 23:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:7 - cast Ezekiel 16:15 - and playedst Ezekiel 23:30 - thou hast Ezekiel 38:4 - all of them

Verse 13

that they: Ezekiel 23:31, 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:19, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 12:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:40 - ye have 2 Peter 2:21 - to turn

Verse 14

portrayed: Ezekiel 8:10, Isaiah 46:1, Jeremiah 50:2

vermilion: Jeremiah 22:14

Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:8 - the doors Ezekiel 6:9 - their eyes Ezekiel 16:17 - hast also Ezekiel 16:29 - unto Ezekiel 23:19 - multiplied

Verse 15

with girdles: 1 Samuel 18:4, Isaiah 22:21

all of: Judges 8:18, 2 Samuel 14:25

look to: That is, "princes in appearance;" which seem to have been the deified men worshipped by the Chaldeans. The inhabitants of Judah, like the Israelites, connected themselves with the Assyrians, and were enamoured with their idols; and then with the Chaldeans, and followed their idols; still retaining their attachment to the Egyptians and their idolatrous rites.

Verse 16

as soon as she saw them with her eyes: Heb. at the sight of her eyes, Ezekiel 16:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 39:7, 2 Samuel 11:2, 2 Kings 24:1, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 6:25, Proverbs 23:33, Matthew 5:28

and sent: Ezekiel 23:40, Ezekiel 23:41, Ezekiel 16:17, Ezekiel 16:29, 2 Peter 2:14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar Isaiah 3:9 - and they declare Isaiah 57:9 - thou wentest to the king Ezekiel 23:5 - doted Hosea 2:5 - I will

Verse 17

Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel, Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:9

and her: Ezekiel 23:22, Ezekiel 23:28, Ezekiel 16:37, 2 Samuel 13:15

alienated: Heb. loosed, or disjointed

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 16:10 - saw an altar Isaiah 57:7 - General Ezekiel 23:30 - because thou art Hosea 2:5 - I will

Verse 18

discovered: Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 21:24, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 8:12, Hosea 7:1

then: Deuteronomy 32:19, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 106:40, Jeremiah 6:8, Jeremiah 12:8, Jeremiah 15:1, Lamentations 2:7, Hosea 2:2, Amos 6:8, Zechariah 11:8

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 16:57 - thy wickedness Ezekiel 23:29 - the nakedness Hosea 9:15 - I hated

Verse 19

multiplied: Ezekiel 23:14, Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 16:29, Ezekiel 16:51, Amos 4:4

in calling: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:21, Ezekiel 16:22, Ezekiel 20:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - played the harlot Jeremiah 2:2 - the kindness Jeremiah 5:6 - because Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 16:57 - thy wickedness Ezekiel 23:27 - and thy

Verse 20

Ezekiel 16:20, Ezekiel 16:26, Ezekiel 17:15, Jeremiah 5:8

Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:3 - General Ezekiel 23:5 - doted

Verse 21

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:3 - in their Ezekiel 23:8 - whoredoms Ezekiel 23:19 - in calling John 5:43 - come

Verse 22

I will raise: Ezekiel 23:9, Ezekiel 23:28, Ezekiel 16:37, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 39:3, Isaiah 39:4, Habakkuk 1:6-10, Revelation 17:16

from: Ezekiel 23:17

and I: Jeremiah 6:22, Jeremiah 6:23, Jeremiah 12:9-12

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Jeremiah 22:20 - for Jeremiah 30:14 - lovers Lamentations 1:2 - among Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Ezekiel 23:46 - I will Hosea 2:7 - she shall follow Hosea 8:10 - now Obadiah 1:7 - the men of

Verse 23

Babylonians: Ezekiel 21:19-27, 2 Kings 20:14-17, 2 Kings 25:1-3

the Chaldeans: 2 Kings 24:2, Job 1:17, Isaiah 23:13, Acts 7:4

Pekod: Jeremiah 50:21

the Assyrians: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 25:18, Ezra 6:22

desirable: Ezekiel 23:6, Ezekiel 23:12

Verse 24

with chariots: Ezekiel 26:10, Jeremiah 47:3, Nahum 2:3, Nahum 2:4, Nahum 3:2, Nahum 3:3

I will set: Ezekiel 23:45, Ezekiel 16:38, Ezekiel 21:23, 2 Samuel 24:14, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 39:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:21 - wagons Deuteronomy 21:8 - lay not Ezekiel 24:14 - according to thy ways Ezekiel 26:7 - with horses

Verse 25

I will set: Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 8:1-18, Ezekiel 16:38-42, Exodus 34:14, Deuteronomy 29:20, Deuteronomy 32:21, Deuteronomy 32:22, Proverbs 6:34, Song of Solomon 8:6, Zephaniah 1:18

they shall take away: This refers to the severe vengeance which enraged husbands took on their faithless wives, and implies that God would employ the Chaldeans to destroy the princes and priests of Judah, for violating their covenants and treaties. Such punishments were anciently common; and such is the present practice in one of the South Sea Islands.

they shall take thy: Ezekiel 23:47, Hosea 2:4, Hosea 2:5

thy residue: Ezekiel 15:6, Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 20:48, Ezekiel 22:18-22, Revelation 18:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:8 - lay not Isaiah 3:17 - discover Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Ezekiel 23:29 - deal Ezekiel 24:21 - that which your soul pitieth Nahum 3:5 - I am

Verse 26

strip: Ezekiel 23:29, Ezekiel 16:16, Ezekiel 16:37, Ezekiel 16:39, Jeremiah 13:22, Hosea 2:3, Hosea 2:9, Hosea 2:10, Revelation 17:16, Revelation 18:14-17

fair jewels: Heb. instruments of thy decking, Isaiah 3:17-24, 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Peter 3:4

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:18 - Did not your Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness

Verse 27

will I: Ezekiel 16:41, Ezekiel 22:15, Isaiah 27:9, Micah 5:10-14, Zechariah 13:2

and thy: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 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: Numbers 17:5 - I will Deuteronomy 12:31 - even their sons Jeremiah 13:22 - skirts Ezekiel 23:48 - I cause Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness

Verse 28

whom thou: Ezekiel 23:17, Ezekiel 23:22, Ezekiel 16:37, Jeremiah 21:7-10, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 34:20

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Lamentations 1:14 - delivered Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Ezekiel 31:11 - delivered

Verse 29

deal: Ezekiel 23:25, Ezekiel 23:26, Ezekiel 23:45-47, Ezekiel 16:39, Deuteronomy 28:47-51, 2 Samuel 13:15

the nakedness: Ezekiel 23:18, Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 16:37

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Jeremiah 7:10 - come Jeremiah 13:26 - General Lamentations 1:8 - they Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Ezekiel 23:10 - discovered Ezekiel 23:47 - the company Ezekiel 24:14 - according to thy ways Hosea 2:10 - now Nahum 3:5 - I will discover Revelation 2:22 - and them

Verse 30

thou hast: Ezekiel 23:12-21, Ezekiel 6:9, Psalms 106:35-38, Jeremiah 2:18-20, Jeremiah 16:11, Jeremiah 16:12, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9

because thou art: Ezekiel 23:7, Ezekiel 23:17

Verse 31

walked: Ezekiel 23:13, Ezekiel 16:47-51, Jeremiah 3:8-11

her: 2 Kings 21:13, Jeremiah 7:14, Jeremiah 7:15, Daniel 9:12

Reciprocal: Psalms 60:3 - to drink Isaiah 51:17 - which hast Jeremiah 48:26 - ye him Ezekiel 7:4 - but Ezekiel 16:46 - elder Ezekiel 43:10 - that they Hosea 1:4 - will cause Hosea 5:5 - Judah Hosea 12:2 - and will John 18:11 - the cup

Verse 32

drink: Psalms 60:3, Isaiah 51:17, Jeremiah 25:15-28, Jeremiah 48:26, Matthew 20:22, Matthew 20:23, Revelation 16:19, Revelation 18:6

thou shalt be: Ezekiel 22:4, Ezekiel 22:5, Ezekiel 25:6, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 35:15, Ezekiel 36:3, Deuteronomy 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, Psalms 79:3, Jeremiah 25:9, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16, Micah 7:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:46 - a sign 2 Kings 23:27 - I will remove Jeremiah 25:16 - General Ezekiel 16:25 - and hast made Ezekiel 43:10 - that they Hosea 7:16 - this Hosea 12:2 - and will

Verse 33

filled: Jeremiah 25:27, Habakkuk 2:16

with the cup of astonishment: Isaiah 51:17, Isaiah 51:22

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:46 - a sign Song of Solomon 8:8 - a little Ezekiel 12:18 - General

Verse 34

drink: Psalms 75:8, Isaiah 51:17

and pluck: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:8, Revelation 18:7

Verse 35

Because: Ezekiel 22:12, Isaiah 17:10, Jeremiah 2:32, Jeremiah 3:21, Jeremiah 13:25, Jeremiah 23:27, Jeremiah 32:33, Hosea 8:14, Hosea 13:6, Romans 1:28

and cast: 1 Kings 14:9, Nehemiah 9:26

therefore: Ezekiel 23:45-49, Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 44:10, Leviticus 24:15, Numbers 14:34, Numbers 18:22

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:33 - bear Jeremiah 2:27 - for they Ezekiel 8:16 - with their Ezekiel 23:49 - ye shall bear Hosea 2:13 - forgat

Verse 36

wilt: Ezekiel 20:4, Ezekiel 22:2, Jeremiah 1:10, 1 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 6:3

judge: or, plead for, Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 14:11

Aholah: Ezekiel 23:4

declare: Ezekiel 16:2, Isaiah 58:1, Hosea 2:2, Micah 3:8-11, Matthew 23:13-35, Luke 11:39-52, Acts 7:51-53

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:45 - the righteous Ezekiel 24:13 - thy filthiness

Verse 37

they have: Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 16:32, Hosea 1:2, Hosea 3:1

and blood: Ezekiel 23:39, Ezekiel 23:45, Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 16:38, Ezekiel 22:2-4, Ezekiel 24:6-9, 2 Kings 24:4, Psalms 106:37, Psalms 106:38, Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 7:6, Jeremiah 7:9, Hosea 4:2, Micah 3:10, Luke 13:34

have also: Ezekiel 23:4, Ezekiel 16:20, Ezekiel 16:21, Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 16:45, Ezekiel 20:26, Ezekiel 20:31, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 20:2-5, Deuteronomy 12:31, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 32:35

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:10 - might make 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused Jeremiah 7:10 - come Ezekiel 20:39 - but Ezekiel 36:18 - for the Micah 6:7 - shall

Verse 38

they have: Ezekiel 7:20, Ezekiel 8:5-16, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Kings 23:11, 2 Kings 23:12

and have: Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:24, Ezekiel 22:8, Nehemiah 13:17, Nehemiah 13:18, Jeremiah 17:27

Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:31 - that they Leviticus 20:3 - to defile Ezekiel 8:6 - even Ezekiel 23:39 - thus Ezekiel 43:7 - no more 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any

Verse 39

they came: Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 7:8-11, Jeremiah 11:15, Micah 3:11, John 18:28

thus: Ezekiel 23:38, Ezekiel 44:7, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Chronicles 33:4-7, Jeremiah 23:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:2 - giveth Leviticus 20:3 - to defile 2 Kings 17:17 - they caused 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused Jeremiah 7:10 - come Ezekiel 8:6 - even Ezekiel 16:20 - and these Ezekiel 22:8 - General Ezekiel 23:37 - and blood Ezekiel 43:7 - no more Ezekiel 43:8 - setting 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any

Verse 40

ye have: Ezekiel 23:13, Isaiah 57:9

to come: Heb. coming, 2 Kings 20:13-15

thou didst: Ruth 3:3, Esther 2:12

paintedst: Kachalt aineych rendered by the LXX וףפיגיזןץ פןץע ןצטבכלןץע ףןץ; "thou didst paint thine eyes with stibium," and Vulgate circumlinisti stibio oculos tuos "thou didst paint round thine eyes with stibium," or lead ore; whence it is called in Arabic kochl and in Syriac kecholo and koochlȯ 2 Kings 9:30, Jeremiah 4:30

and deckedst: Ezekiel 16:13-16, Proverbs 7:10, Isaiah 3:18-23

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 23:16 - and sent Hosea 2:5 - I will Hosea 2:13 - she decked 1 Peter 3:3 - that

Verse 41

stately: Heb. honourable, Esther 1:6, Proverbs 7:16, Proverbs 7:17, Isaiah 57:7, Amos 2:8, Amos 6:4

a table: Ezekiel 44:16, Isaiah 65:11, Malachi 1:7

whereupon: Ezekiel 16:18, Ezekiel 16:19, Proverbs 7:17, Jeremiah 44:17, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 2:9

Reciprocal: Isaiah 57:8 - the doors Jeremiah 4:30 - Though Ezekiel 23:16 - and sent Ezekiel 41:22 - This is

Verse 42

a voice: This seems to be an account of an idolatrous festival, perhaps that of Bacchus; in which a riotous and drunken multitude assembled, adorned with bracelets and chaplets, accompanied with music, songs, and dances. Exodus 32:6, Exodus 32:18, Exodus 32:19, Hosea 13:6, Amos 6:1-6

common sort: Heb. multitude of men

were brought: Job 1:15, Joel 3:8

Sabeans: or, drunkards

bracelets: Ezekiel 16:11, Ezekiel 16:12, Revelation 12:3

Reciprocal: Isaiah 45:14 - the Sabeans Isaiah 65:11 - prepare

Verse 43

old: Ezra 9:7, Psalms 106:6, Jeremiah 13:23, Daniel 9:16

whoredoms with her: Heb. her whoredoms

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:30 - children Hosea 2:2 - let

Verse 44

so went: Ezekiel 23:3, Ezekiel 23:9-13

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - played the harlot Jeremiah 32:30 - children

Verse 45

the righteous: The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Ezekiel 23:36, Jeremiah 5:14, Hosea 6:5, Zechariah 1:6, John 8:3-7

after the manner of adulteresses: Ezekiel 23:37-39, Ezekiel 16:38-43, Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 21:9, Deuteronomy 22:21-24, John 8:7

because: Ezekiel 23:37

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:33 - bear Deuteronomy 22:22 - General Ezekiel 16:32 - General Ezekiel 20:4 - judge them Ezekiel 22:2 - bloody city Ezekiel 23:24 - I will set Ezekiel 23:29 - deal Ezekiel 23:35 - therefore Ezekiel 24:8 - I have set Hosea 2:2 - Plead with John 8:41 - We be Revelation 2:22 - and them Revelation 17:16 - and naked

Verse 46

I will: Ezekiel 23:22-26, Ezekiel 16:40, Jeremiah 25:9

to be removed and spoiled: Heb. for a removing and spoil, Jeremiah 15:4, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 34:17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:25 - removed Jeremiah 4:31 - because Lamentations 1:8 - removed Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Hosea 8:10 - now Hosea 10:10 - and the

Verse 47

the company: Ezekiel 23:25, Ezekiel 23:29, Ezekiel 9:6, Ezekiel 16:41, Jeremiah 33:4, Jeremiah 33:5

dispatch them: or, single them out, Ezekiel 24:6

shall slay: Ezekiel 24:21, 2 Chronicles 36:17-19

and burn: Deuteronomy 13:16, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 106:37 - they sacrificed Jeremiah 4:31 - because Ezekiel 5:17 - and I Ezekiel 16:27 - delivered Ezekiel 16:40 - and thrust Ezekiel 22:15 - consume Ezekiel 23:10 - they took Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Hosea 8:10 - now John 8:5 - Moses

Verse 48

I cause: Ezekiel 23:27, Ezekiel 6:6, Ezekiel 22:15, Ezekiel 36:25, Micah 5:11-14, Zephaniah 1:3

that: Ezekiel 5:15, Ezekiel 16:41, Deuteronomy 13:11, Isaiah 26:9, 1 Corinthians 10:6-11, 2 Peter 2:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 10:15 - seek Ezekiel 23:10 - famous Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Ezekiel 28:17 - I will lay

Verse 49

they shall: Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 9:10, Ezekiel 11:21, Ezekiel 16:43, Ezekiel 22:31, Isaiah 59:18

ye shall bear: Ezekiel 23:35

and ye shall know: Ezekiel 6:7, Ezekiel 20:38, Ezekiel 20:42, Ezekiel 20:44, Ezekiel 25:5, Psalms 9:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 9:13 - bear his sin Deuteronomy 4:14 - General Proverbs 14:34 - but Isaiah 1:21 - become Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Ezekiel 14:10 - they shall Ezekiel 16:58 - hast Ezekiel 33:29 - shall

Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Ezekiel 23". "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tsk/ezekiel-23.html.