Ezekiel 23:1
The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying:
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
In Context
2Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother;
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious nation, that hath rebelled against me; they and their fathers have rebelled against me to this very day.
Ezekiel 22:2Punish, punish, son of man, the city of blood, and show her all her abominations, and say,
Hosea 4:12My people ask counsel of their stocks, And their staff revealeth to them. For the spirit of fornication causeth them to err; Yea, they commit fornication, forsaking 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 →