Ezekiel 23:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2“Son of man, two women were daughters of one mother,
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3and saying: “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to an apostate nation, which has withdrawn from me. They and their fathers have betrayed my covenant, even to this day.
Ezekiel 22:2“And you, son of man, should you not judge, should you not judge the city of blood?
Hosea 4:12My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:1
This long chapter (as before ch. xvi. and xx. ) is a history of the apostasies of God's people from him and the aggravations of those apostasies under the similitude of corporal whoredom and adultery. Here the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the ten tribes and the two, with their capital cities, Samaria and Jerusalem, are considered distinctly. Here is, I. The apostasy of Israel and Samaria from God ( ver. 1-8 ) and their ruin for it, ver. 9, 10 . II. The apostasy of Judah and Jerusalem from God ( ver. 11-21 ) and… Read the whole commentary →