Ezekiel 23:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2dummy verses inserted by amos
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they, and their fathers, have transgressed my covenant even unto this day.
Ezekiel 22:2And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?
Hosea 4:12My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against 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 →