Verse 1
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
Verse 2
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
two women. Two sisters, representing respectively Samaria and Jerusalem.
Verse 3
whoredoms = idolatries.
Egypt. Compare Ezekiel 20:7, Ezekiel 20:8. pressed = handled, as in verses: Ezekiel 23:8, Ezekiel 23:21.
bruised = squeezed (in natural use).
Verse 4
Aholah. Hebrew. "ahalah = [She has] her own tent. So named probably because Israel set up her own worship as distinct from Jehovah"s.
elder. Refers not to age, but to extent.
Aholibah. Hebrew. "ahalibah = My tent [is] in her.
Verse 7
the chosen, &c. = the choice of Asshur"s sons. So. verses: Ezekiel 23:9, Ezekiel 23:12.
Verse 10
famous = a name: i.e. infamous.
Verse 14
men. Hebrew, plural "enosh. App-14.
Verse 17
mind = Hebrew. nephesh. App-18,
Verse 18
My mind. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
like as = according as.
Verse 19
calling to remembrance. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the desiring of her former idolatries.
harlot. Put for idolatress.
in. Some codices read "from", as in Ezekiel 23:8 and Ezekiel 23:27.
Verse 21
bruising. Aram, and Syriac read "handling", as in Ezekiel 23:3.
Verse 22
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Verse 23
Pekod . . . Shea . . . Roo. These Eastern peoples are all named in the inscriptions,
Verse 24
wagons = chariots.
an assembly = a gathered host.
people = peoples.
Verse 29
labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-6, for the product of the labour.
Verse 30
heathen = nations,
idols = manufactured gods.
Verse 31
cup. Compare Isaiah 51:17. Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:10.
Verse 34
break: or, gnaw, lest a drop should be lost.
pluck off = tear out: i.e. destroy the occasions of their idolatry.
saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah"s oracle.
Verse 35
lewdness . . . whoredoms. Put here by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Cause), App-8, for the punishment due to the idolatry.
Verse 37
adultery. Put (like whoredom) for all idolatry, as being unfaithfulness to Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 16:15.
caused = set apart.
to pass, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-4),
them. "Them" is masculine, and refers to the idols, in the first clause; and so, many codices, with six earlypriated editions (one Rabbinic). But some codices read feminine = themselves.
Verse 38
defiled . . . profaned. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:31). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 22:8.
Verse 39
children = sons.
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Verse 40
men. Plural of "mush. App-14.
wash thyself. Compare Ruth 3:3.
paintedst, he. Compare 2 Kings 9:30. Jeremiah 4:30.
Verse 41
a stately bed. Compare Proverbs 7:16-18. Isaiah 67:8, Isaiah 67:9,
Verse 42
multitude, &c. = a careless throng.
with her: or, in her: i.e. in Jerusalem.
men of the common sort = men out of the mass of mankind.
men. Hebrew, plural of "enosh, App-14.
the common sort. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
Sabeans. Hebrew text reads "drunkards", But margin, and some codices, with three early printed editions, read "Sebeans".
Verse 43
and she = even hers. Ginsburg thinks it should read so it was". Compare Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 16:19.
Verse 44
they went. Hebrew text reads "came he". A special various reading called Sevir (App-34), with some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came they".
Verse 45
the righteous . . . shall judge. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 20:10). App-92.
Verse 46
company = a gathered host.
Verse 49
sins. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
ye shall know, &c. Occurs only here, Ezekiel 13:9; and Ezekiel 24:24. Compare note on Ezekiel 6:7.