Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Ezekiel 23:5

Context
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“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. 1  She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians 2  – warriors 3 

XREF

1Ki 14:9,16; 1Ki 15:26,30; 1Ki 16:31,32; 1Ki 21:26; 2Ki 15:19; 2Ki 16:7; 2Ki 17:3; 2Ki 17:7-18; Jer 50:38; Eze 16:28; Eze 16:37; Eze 23:7,9,12,16,20; Ho 5:13; Ho 8:9,10; Ho 10:6; Ho 12:1

NET © Notes

tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

sn Played the harlot refers to alliances with pagan nations in this context. In Ezek 16 harlotry described the sin of idolatry.

tn Heb “Assyria.”

tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738.



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