Bible Chapter Summary
Ezekiel 23 Summary
Aholah and Aholibah: Two Harlot Sisters
Through allegory, Ezekiel describes two sisters, Aholah (Samaria) and Aholibah (Jerusalem), who committed whoredoms in Egypt and defiled themselves with idols and foreign lovers. Aholah was delivered into the hand of the Assyrians, who executed judgment upon her, taking her children. Aholibah, seeing this, multiplied her whoredoms with Babylonians and Egyptians. God declares He will raise up her former lovers against her for judgment and cause her lewdness to cease.
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Key verses
Ezekiel 23:4
“And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.”
Ezekiel 23:10
“These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.”
Ezekiel 23:22
“Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;”
Ezekiel 23:35
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.”
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