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Ezekiel 23:36 Then the LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
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Then confront them with their detestable practices,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Moreover, Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah (Samaria, capital of Israel) and Oholibah (Jerusalem, capital of Judah)? Then inform them of their atrocities [the detestable and vile things they do].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah said moreover unto me: Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD said: Ezekiel, son of man, it's time for you to tell Oholah and Oholibah that they are guilty. Remind them of their evil ways! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD said moreover unto me: Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and tell them about their disgusting practices?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, "Mortal man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Accuse them of the disgusting things they have done. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD spoke to me. "Son of Man, speak out in judgment of both Oholah and Oholibah. Make their detestable practices widely known, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: ?Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: "Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said moreover to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said moreover to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to me, “Son of man, "" Do you judge Aholah and Aholibah? Then declare their abominations to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Son of man, Dost thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Declare then to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah, and announce to them their abominations?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord spoke to me, saying: Son of man, dost thou judge Oolla, and Ooliba, and dost thou declare to them their wicked deeds? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord spoke to me, saying: “Son of man, should you not judge Oholah and Oholibah, and announce to them their crimes?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me: Son of man, would you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then make known to them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to me: Mortal, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to me, Son of man, now you can judge Ahlah and Ahlibah, and declare to them their abominations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Son of man, judge Ahlah and Ahalibah and show them their abominations<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD said moreover unto me: 'Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to me, Son of man wilt thou not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6727" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Judgment on Both Sisters</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me:</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">“Son</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">of man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: hă·ṯiš·pō·wṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To judge, govern. ">will you pass judgment</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/170.htm" title="170: ’ā·ho·lāh (N-proper-fs) -- In form a feminine of 'ohel, but in fact for.Oholahh; from 'ohel; her tent; Oholah, a symbol. Name for Samaria.">against Oholah</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/172.htm" title="172: ’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh (N-proper-fs) -- (similarly with 'Oholah) for hoholiybahh; from 'ohel; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah.">and Oholibah?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: wə·hag·gêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">Then declare</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hen (Prep:: 3fp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hen (N-fpc:: 3fp) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">their abominations.</a> </span><span class="reftext">37</span>For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a></span><br />Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></span><br />“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></span><br />Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7-9</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. / Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a></span><br />And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-15.htm">1 Corinthians 6:15-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” / But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-8</a></span><br />“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;</p><p class="hdg">wilt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm">Ezekiel 20:4</a></b></br> Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge <i>them</i>? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Ezekiel 22:2</a></b></br> Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></b></br> See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.</p><p class="hdg">judge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Jeremiah 11:14</a></b></br> Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear <i>them</i> in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Jeremiah 14:11</a></b></br> Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for <i>their</i> good.</p><p class="hdg">Aholah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Ezekiel 23:4</a></b></br> And the names of them <i>were</i> Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus <i>were</i> their names; Samaria <i>is</i> Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.</p><p class="hdg">declare</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-2.htm">Ezekiel 16:2</a></b></br> Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Isaiah 58:1</a></b></br> Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2</a></b></br> Plead with your mother, plead: for she <i>is</i> not my wife, neither <i>am</i> I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Aholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Confront</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Oholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-5.htm">Oho'lah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Abominable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Aholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/amos/9-10.htm">Confront</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-19.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Oholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Oho'lah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-14.htm">Practices</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-19.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">and shows their judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then the LORD said to me:</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct communication from God to the prophet Ezekiel. In the context of the prophetic books, such divine communication underscores the authority and seriousness of the message. The phrase "the LORD said" is a common introduction in prophetic literature, emphasizing that the message is not of human origin but divinely inspired. This sets the stage for a message of judgment and correction.<p><b>Son of man,</b><br>"Son of man" is a title used frequently in Ezekiel, highlighting the prophet's humanity and his role as a representative of the people. It contrasts the divine nature of God with the human nature of Ezekiel, emphasizing the humility and mortality of the prophet. This title is also used in the New Testament, notably by Jesus, to emphasize His incarnation and identification with humanity.<p><b>will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah?</b><br>Oholah and Oholibah are symbolic names for Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. Oholah means "her own tent," representing Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which had set up its own places of worship apart from Jerusalem. Oholibah means "my tent is in her," representing Jerusalem, the capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, where God's temple was located. The use of these names personifies the cities as sisters, highlighting their shared heritage and their spiritual infidelity. The question posed by God is rhetorical, emphasizing the inevitability of judgment due to their actions.<p><b>Then declare to them their abominations.</b><br>The term "abominations" refers to the idolatrous practices and moral corruption that both Samaria and Jerusalem engaged in. In the biblical context, abominations often relate to practices that are detestable to God, particularly idolatry and the associated immoral behaviors. The declaration of these abominations serves as a call to repentance and a warning of impending judgment. This theme of declaring abominations is consistent with the prophetic role of calling out sin and urging a return to covenant faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who communicates His judgments and commands through His prophets.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/son_of_man.htm">Son of Man</a></b><br>A title used for Ezekiel, emphasizing his role as a human messenger of God's divine message.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah.htm">Oholah</a></b><br>A symbolic name for Samaria, representing the Northern Kingdom of Israel, known for its idolatry and alliances with foreign nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholibah.htm">Oholibah</a></b><br>A symbolic name for Jerusalem, representing the Southern Kingdom of Judah, also guilty of spiritual adultery and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/abominations.htm">Abominations</a></b><br>Refers to the idolatrous practices and moral corruption that both kingdoms engaged in, which were detestable in the sight of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_adultery.htm">Understanding Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Recognize that idolatry and unfaithfulness to God are akin to spiritual adultery. Just as Oholah and Oholibah were judged for their abominations, we must guard against allowing anything to take God's place in our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Ezekiel's role as "Son of Man" highlights the responsibility of God's messengers to confront sin and call for repentance. We, too, are called to speak truth in love and address sin within our communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment on Oholah and Oholibah serves as a reminder of His holiness and justice. We must understand that God's patience has limits, and persistent sin will lead to consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the passage focuses on judgment, the broader account of Scripture emphasizes God's desire for repentance and restoration. We should seek to turn from sin and return to God, who is merciful and forgiving.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a></b><br>Consider areas in your life where you may be unfaithful to God. Reflect on how you can realign your priorities to honor Him above all else.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Who were Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_samaria_and_jerusalem_immoral.htm">Why does Ezekiel 23:4 personify Samaria and Jerusalem as immoral sisters, and is there historical or archeological evidence to support these specific accusations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_23's_imagery_reconciled.htm">How can the graphic sexual imagery in Ezekiel 23:3 and 20 be reconciled with the holiness and purity usually attributed to Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_non-biblical_sources_support_ezekiel_23.htm">Do any ancient sources outside the Bible corroborate the nations' interventions described in Ezekiel 23, or is the account solely a theological narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) <span class= "bld">Wilt thou judge?</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">judge thou, </span>as in <a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm" title="Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:">Ezekiel 20:4</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm" title="Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yes, you shall show her all her abominations.">Ezekiel 22:2</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - As often, Ezekiel emphasizes by reiteration, begins yet a fresh discourse with the same words, <span class="cmt_word">wilt thou judge</span>, as in <a href="/ezekiel/20-4.htm">Ezekiel 20:4</a> and Ezekiel 22:2, and enters on another summary of the sins of the two harlot sisters, in which Moloch-worship (Ver. 37) and sabbath-breaking (Ver. 38) were conspicuous elements. The nature of the guilt is emphasized (Vers. 38, 39) by the fact that the idolatrous ritual was performed on the very day in which the people sacrificed in the temple; that it found a local habitation even there (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/8-17.htm">Ezekiel 8:17</a>; <a href="/2_kings/21.htm">2 Kings 21</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Jeremiah 32:34</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me:</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of man,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will you pass judgment</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲתִשְׁפּ֥וֹט</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ṯiš·pō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against Oholah</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_170.htm">Strong's 170: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oholah -- 'she who has a tent', a symbolic name for Samaria</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Oholibah?</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳלִיבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_172.htm">Strong's 172: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oholibah -- 'tent in her', a symbolic name for Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then declare</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַגֵּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hag·gêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">their abominations.</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ezekiel 23:36 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:36 Yahweh said moreover to me: Son (Ezek. 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