Ezekiel 23:41

They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and olive oil that belonged to me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

In Context

40They sent messages to men in countries far away. And when those men arrived, the women of those two cities bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.

42Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the desert of Arabia. They put bracelets on the arms of the two sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads.

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Cross References

Esther 1:6In the courtyard were beautiful blue and white curtains that were fastened by white and purple cords/ribbons to rings that were on pillars made from expensive white stone called marble. The guests sat on gold and silver couches. The couches were on a pavement/floor which had on top of it designs made from various kinds of expensive stones.

Isaiah 57:7You have sex [EUP] with cult prostitutes on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices to your gods.

Jeremiah 44:17We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to worship our goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings of wine to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and their officials have always done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles.

Ezekiel 16:18You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them to honor them.

Hosea 2:8But they do not realize that I, Yahweh, am the one who gave them grain and wine and olive oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal.

Amos 6:4You lie on beds decorated with expensive ivory, and on soft couches. You eat the tender meat of lambs and fat calves.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:37-49

Israel and Judah Accused; Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 591.) 36 The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have… Read the whole commentary →

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