Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Ezekiel Chapter 23
Overview
Eze 23:1, The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah; Eze 23:23, Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers; Eze 23:36, The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both; Eze 23:45, and shews their judgments.
two: Eze 16:44, Eze 16:46; Jer 3:7-10
in Egypt: Eze 20:8; Lev 17:7; Deu 29:16; Jos 24:14
in their: Eze 23:8, Eze 23:19, Eze 23:21, Eze 16:22; Hos 2:15
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: Eze 16:40; Kg1 12:20
they were: Eze 16:8, Eze 16:20; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Psa 45:11-16; Jer 2:2, Jer 2:3; Rom 7:4
Aholah: that is, His tent, or tabernacle, Kg1 12:26-33; Joh 4:22
Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her, Kg1 8:29; Psa 76:2, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14
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. Kg1 14:9, Kg1 14:16, Kg1 15:26, Kg1 15:30, Kg1 16:31, Kg1 16:32, Kg1 21:26; Kg2 17:7-18
doted: Eze 23:7, Eze 23:9, Eze 23:12, Eze 23:16, Eze 23:20, Eze 16:37; Jer 50:38
on the: Eze 16:28; Kg2 15:19, Kg2 16:7, Kg2 17:3; Hos 5:13, Hos 8:9, Hos 8:10, Hos 10:6, Hos 12:1
all of: Eze 23:12-15
committed her whoredoms with them: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them, Eze 16:15
the chosen men of Assyria: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur, Gen 10:22
with all their: Eze 23:30, Eze 20:7, Eze 22:3, Eze 22:4; Psa 106:39; Hos 5:3, Hos 6:10
whoredoms: Eze 23:3, Eze 23:19, Eze 23:21; Exo 32:4; Kg1 12:28; Kg2 10:29, Kg2 17:16
Kg2 15:29, Kg2 17:3-6, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 18:9-12; Ch1 5:26; Hos 11:5; Rev 17:12, Rev 17:13, Rev 17:16
discovered: Eze 23:29, Eze 16:37-41; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:10
they took: Eze 23:47
famous: Heb. a name, Eze 23:48; Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9
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. Eze 16:47-51; Jer 3:8-11
upon: Eze 23:5, Eze 16:28; Kg2 16:7-15; Ch2 28:16-23
that they: Eze 23:31; Kg2 17:18, Kg2 17:19; Hos 12:1, Hos 12:2
portrayed: Eze 8:10; Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2
vermilion: Jer 22:14
with girdles: Sa1 18:4; Isa 22:21
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.
as soon as she saw them with her eyes: Heb. at the sight of her eyes, Eze 16:29; Gen 3:6, Gen 6:2, Gen 39:7; Sa2 11:2; Kg2 24:1; Job 31:1; Psa 119:37; Pro 6:25, Pro 23:33; Mat 5:28
and sent: Eze 23:40,Eze 23:41, Eze 16:17, Eze 16:29; Pe2 2:14
Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel, Gen 10:10, Gen 11:9
and her: Eze 23:22, Eze 23:28, Eze 16:37; Sa2 13:15
alienated: Heb. loosed, or disjointed
discovered: Eze 16:36, Eze 21:24; Isa 3:9; Jer 8:12; Hos 7:1
then: Deu 32:19; Psa 78:59, Psa 106:40; Jer 6:8, Jer 12:8, Jer 15:1; Lam 2:7; Hos 2:2; Amo 6:8; Zac 11:8
multiplied: Eze 23:14, Eze 16:25, Eze 16:29, Eze 16:51; Amo 4:4
in calling: Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8, Eze 23:21, Eze 16:22, Eze 20:7
Eze 16:20,Eze 16:26; Eze 17:15; Jer 5:8
I will raise: Eze 23:9, Eze 23:28, Eze 16:37; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6, Isa 39:3, Isa 39:4; Hab 1:6-10; Rev 17:16
from: Eze 23:17
and I: Jer 6:22, Jer 6:23, Jer 12:9-12
Babylonians: Eze 21:19-27; Kg2 20:14-17, Kg2 25:1-3
the Chaldeans: Kg2 24:2; Job 1:17; Isa 23:13; Act 7:4
Pekod: Jer 50:21
the Assyrians: Gen 2:14, Gen 25:18; Ezr 6:22
desirable: Eze 23:6, Eze 23:12
with chariots: Eze 26:10; Jer 47:3; Nah 2:3, Nah 2:4, Nah 3:2, Nah 3:3
I will set: Eze 23:45, Eze 16:38, Eze 21:23; Sa2 24:14; Jer 39:5, Jer 39:6
I will set: Eze 5:13, 8:1-18, Eze 16:38-42; Exo 34:14; Deu 29:20, Deu 32:21, Deu 32:22; Pro 6:34; Sol 8:6; Zep 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: Eze 23:47; Hos 2:4, Hos 2:5
thy residue: Eze 15:6, Eze 15:7, Eze 20:47, Eze 20:48, Eze 22:18-22; Rev 18:8
strip: Eze 23:29, Eze 16:16, Eze 16:37, Eze 16:39; Jer 13:22; Hos 2:3, Hos 2:9, Hos 2:10; Rev 17:16, Rev 18:14-17
fair jewels: Heb. instruments of thy decking, Isa 3:17-24; Pe1 3:3, Pe1 3:4
will I: Eze 16:41, Eze 22:15; Isa 27:9; Mic 5:10-14; Zac 13:2
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.
whom thou: Eze 23:17, Eze 23:22, Eze 16:37; Jer 21:7-10, Jer 24:8, Jer 34:20
deal: Eze 23:25, Eze 23:26, Eze 23:45-47, Eze 16:39; Deu 28:47-51; Sa2 13:15
the nakedness: Eze 23:18, Eze 16:36, Eze 16:37
thou hast: Eze 23:12-21, Eze 6:9; Psa 106:35-38; Jer 2:18-20, Jer 16:11, Jer 16:12, Jer 22:8, Jer 22:9
because thou art: Eze 23:7, Eze 23:17
walked: Eze 23:13, Eze 16:47-51; Jer 3:8-11
her: Kg2 21:13; Jer 7:14, Jer 7:15; Dan 9:12
drink: Psa 60:3; Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15-28, Jer 48:26; Mat 20:22, Mat 20:23; Rev 16:19; Rev 18:6
thou shalt be: Eze 22:4, Eze 22:5, Eze 25:6, Eze 26:2, Eze 35:15, Eze 36:3; Deu 28:37; Kg1 9:7; Psa 79:3; Jer 25:9; Lam 2:15, Lam 2:16; Mic 7:8
with the cup of astonishment: Isa 51:17, Isa 51:22
and pluck: Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8; Rev 18:7
Because: Eze 22:12; Isa 17:10; Jer 2:32, Jer 3:21, Jer 13:25, Jer 23:27, Jer 32:33; Hos 8:14, Hos 13:6; Rom 1:28
therefore: Eze 23:45-49, Eze 7:4, Eze 44:10; Lev 24:15; Num 14:34, Num 18:22
wilt: Eze 20:4, Eze 22:2; Jer 1:10; Co1 6:2, Co1 6:3
judge: or, plead for, Jer 11:14, Jer 14:11
Aholah: Eze 23:4
declare: Eze 16:2; Isa 58:1; Hos 2:2; Mic 3:8-11; Matt. 23:13-35; Luk 11:39-52; Act 7:51-53
they have: Eze 23:5, Eze 16:32; Hos 1:2, Hos 3:1
and blood: Eze 23:39, Eze 23:45, Eze 16:36, Eze 16:38, Eze 22:2-4, Eze 24:6-9; Kg2 24:4; Psa 106:37, Psa 106:38; Isa 1:15; Jer 7:6, Jer 7:9; Hos 4:2; Mic 3:10; Luk 13:34
have also: Eze 23:4, Eze 16:20,Eze 16:21, Eze 16:36, Eze 16:45, Eze 20:26, Eze 20:31; Lev 18:21, Lev 20:2-5; Deu 12:31; Kg2 17:17, Kg2 21:6; Jer 7:31, Jer 32:35
they have: Eze 7:20, Eze 8:5-16; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7, Kg2 23:11, Kg2 23:12
and have: Eze 20:13, Eze 20:24, Eze 22:8; Neh 13:17, Neh 13:18; Jer 17:27
they came: Isa 3:9; Jer 7:8-11, Jer 11:15; Mic 3:11; Joh 18:28
thus: Eze 23:38, Eze 44:7; Kg2 21:4; Ch2 33:4-7; Jer 23:11
to come: Heb. coming, Kg2 20:13-15
paintedst: Kachalt aineych rendered by the LXX εστιβιζου τους οφθαλμους σου; "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 Kg2 9:30; Jer 4:30
and deckedst: Eze 16:13-16; Pro 7:10; Isa 3:18-23
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
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. Exo 32:6, Exo 32:18, Exo 32:19; Hos 13:6; Amo 6:1-6
common sort: Heb. multitude of men
were brought: Job 1:15; Joe 3:8
Sabeans: or, drunkards
bracelets: Eze 16:11, Eze 16:12; Rev 12:3
old: Ezr 9:7; Psa 106:6; Jer 13:23; Dan 9:16
whoredoms with her: Heb. her whoredoms
so went: Eze 23:3, Eze 23:9-13
the righteous: The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Eze 23:36; Jer 5:14; Hos 6:5; Zac 1:6; Joh 8:3-7
after the manner of adulteresses: Eze 23:37-39, Eze 16:38-43; Lev 20:10, Lev 21:9; Deu 22:21-24; Joh 8:7
because: Eze 23:37
I will: Eze 23:22-26, Eze 16:40; Jer 25:9
to be removed and spoiled: Heb. for a removing and spoil, Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9, Jer 34:17
the company: Eze 23:25, Eze 23:29, Eze 9:6, Eze 16:41; Jer 33:4, Jer 33:5
dispatch them: or, single them out, Eze 24:6
shall slay: Eze 24:21; Ch2 36:17-19
and burn: Deu 13:16; Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13
I cause: Eze 23:27, Eze 6:6, Eze 22:15, Eze 36:25; Mic 5:11-14; Zep 1:3
that: Eze 5:15, Eze 16:41; Deu 13:11; Isa 26:9; Co1 10:6-11; Pe2 2:6
they shall: Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 9:10, Eze 11:21, Eze 16:43, Eze 22:31; Isa 59:18
ye shall bear: Eze 23:35
and ye shall know: Eze 6:7, Eze 20:38, Eze 20:42, Eze 20:44, Eze 25:5; Psa 9:16