Ezekiel 23:1
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
King James Version
In Context
2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:3And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
Ezekiel 22:2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Hosea 4:12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under 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 →