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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged in front of it on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They sat on a fancy couch, and in front of them was a table for the olive oil and incense that had belonged to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and satest upon a stately bed. with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They sat on their fine couches with tables in front of them. They put my incense and my olive oil on their tables.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They would sit on a beautiful couch, and in front of them they would have a table covered with good things, including the incense and the olive oil that I had given them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then sat down on an elegant bed. A table was arranged in front of it, on which you set out my incense and oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And sattest upon a stately bed and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have sat on a couch of honor, "" And a table arrayed before it, "" And placed My incense and My oil on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt sit upon a splendid bed, and a table set in order before his face, and thou didst bring up there mine incense and mine oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You sat upon a very beautiful bed, and a table was adorned before you, on which you placed my incense and my ointment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You sat on a magnificent couch, set before it a table, on which to lay my incense and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then they sat on stately beds, and tables were prepared before them, and my oil and my incense were wasted on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they sat down on beds that were overlaid and tables were set in front of them, and they wore my oil on them, and my sweet spices<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and satest on a prepared bed, and before it <i>there was</i> a table set out, and <i>as for</i> mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-41.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=6790" 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">40</span>Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. <span class="reftext">41</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·yā·šaḇt (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">You sat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4296.htm" title="4296: miṭ·ṭāh (N-fs) -- A couch, bed. From natah; a bed for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier.">a couch</a> <a href="/hebrew/3520.htm" title="3520: ḵə·ḇū·dāh (N-fs) -- Abundance, riches. Irreg. Feminine passive participle of kabad; weightiness, i.e. Magnificence, wealth.">of luxury</a> <a href="/hebrew/7979.htm" title="7979: wə·šul·ḥān (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A table. From shalach; a table; by implication, a meal.">with a table</a> <a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: ‘ā·rūḵ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">spread</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·hā (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śamt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">which you had set</a> <a href="/hebrew/7004.htm" title="7004: ū·qə·ṭā·rə·tî (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense. From qatar; a fumigation.">My incense</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: wə·šam·nî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">and My oil,</a> </span><span class="reftext">42</span>accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.…<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/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a></span><br />And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7-8</a></span><br />On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. / Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Revelation 17:4</a></span><br />The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16-17</a></span><br />I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt. / I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-13.htm">Hosea 2:13</a></span><br />I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a></span><br />saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-18.htm">Isaiah 3:18-23</a></span><br />In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; / their pendants, bracelets, and veils; / their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; their perfume bottles and charms; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Jeremiah 2:32</a></span><br />Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Isaiah 65:11</a></span><br />But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-6</a></span><br />You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. / You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. / You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<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="/isaiah/28-8.htm">Isaiah 28:8</a></span><br />For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon you have set my incense and my oil.</p><p class="hdg">stately [heb] honourable</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Esther 1:6</a></b></br> <i>Where were</i> white, green, and blue, <i>hangings</i>, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds <i>were of</i> gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16,17</a></b></br> I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved <i>works</i>, with fine linen of Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7</a></b></br> Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.</p><p class="hdg">a table</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Ezekiel 44:16</a></b></br> They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Isaiah 65:11</a></b></br> But ye <i>are</i> they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Malachi 1:7</a></b></br> Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD <i>is</i> contemptible.</p><p class="hdg">whereupon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm">Ezekiel 16:18,19</a></b></br> And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-17.htm">Proverbs 7:17</a></b></br> I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Jeremiah 44:17</a></b></br> But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for <i>then</i> had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Arrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/songs/3-7.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/luke/23-11.htm">Elegant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-44.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-19.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-14.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-11.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Satest</a> <a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Sattest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-1.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-8.htm">Splendid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Stately</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-33.htm">Table</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-3.htm">Whereupon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/2-5.htm">Arranged</a> <a href="/matthew/6-29.htm">Arrayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-19.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/amos/3-12.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/luke/23-11.htm">Elegant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-46.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/daniel/2-49.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Satest</a> <a href="/judges/5-16.htm">Sattest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/nahum/2-9.htm">Splendid</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-5.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Stately</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-20.htm">Table</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Whereupon</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'; 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In the ancient Near East, couches were often used in banquets and gatherings, signifying a place of honor and relaxation. This imagery reflects the spiritual adultery of God's people, who were seduced by the allure of foreign gods and customs, abandoning their covenant with Yahweh. The couch of luxury contrasts with the humility and simplicity expected of God's people, as seen in the life of Jesus, who had "nowhere to lay his head" (<a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a>).<p><b>with a table spread before it</b><br>The table represents abundance and provision, often associated with feasting and celebration. In biblical times, a table spread with food and drink was a sign of hospitality and fellowship. However, in this context, it underscores the idolatrous feasts and rituals that Israel engaged in with other nations. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Psalm 23:5</a>, where God prepares a table for the psalmist, symbolizing divine provision and blessing. Here, the table is a perversion of that divine fellowship, as it is used for idolatrous purposes.<p><b>on which you had set My incense and My oil</b><br>Incense and oil were significant in Israelite worship, used in the tabernacle and temple rituals as offerings to God (<a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">Exodus 30:34-38</a>, <a href="/leviticus/2.htm">Leviticus 2:1-2</a>). They symbolize prayer, worship, and the presence of the Holy Spirit. By setting God's incense and oil on a table of idolatry, Israel profaned what was holy, using sacred items in pagan practices. This act of desecration highlights the depth of their unfaithfulness. The misuse of these elements contrasts with their intended purpose, as seen in <a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8</a>, where incense represents the prayers of the saints. This phrase serves as a warning against the corruption of true worship and the blending of sacred with profane.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Oholah and Oholibah</a></b><br>These are symbolic names for Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. In <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>, they represent the unfaithfulness of the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers God's message of judgment and calls for repentance. He uses vivid imagery to convey the spiritual adultery of God's people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that serves as an instrument of God's judgment against Israel and Judah for their idolatry and alliances with pagan nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/incense_and_oil.htm">Incense and Oil</a></b><br>These are elements used in worship and offerings to God, symbolizing the people's misappropriation of what is sacred for idolatrous purposes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/couch_of_luxury.htm">Couch of Luxury</a></b><br>Represents the indulgence and complacency of the people, who have turned away from God to pursue worldly pleasures and alliances.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Israel and Judah were unfaithful to God by turning to idols, we must guard against allowing anything to take God's rightful place in our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/misuse_of_sacred_things.htm">Misuse of Sacred Things</a></b><br>The incense and oil, meant for worship, were misused. We must ensure that our resources and talents are dedicated to God's glory, not worldly pursuits.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/complacency_in_comfort.htm">Complacency in Comfort</a></b><br>The "couch of luxury" symbolizes complacency. We should be vigilant in our faith, not allowing comfort to lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a></b><br>The judgment on Israel and Judah serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God. We must remain faithful to avoid spiritual downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Ezekiel's message is ultimately a call to return to God. We are invited to examine our lives and repent of any unfaithfulness.<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/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_23_align_with_history.htm">How can the events described in Ezekiel 23 align with scientific and historical records, given the seemingly exaggerated depictions of judgment and punishment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_aromatherapy.htm">What is the Bible's stance on aromatherapy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</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>(41) <span class= "bld">A stately bed </span>is rather the couch or divan used for reclining at a feast. "Mine incense and mine oil" (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm" title="And took your broidered garments, and covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them.">Ezekiel 16:18</a>) may be taken simply as the products of the land, the good gifts of God which Israel bestowed upon the heathen; but as both of these were especially used in sacrifices, it is better to connect with this the perversion to the worship of the idols of the heathen of what should have been Jehovah's only.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-41.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">You sat</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשַׁבְתְּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šaḇt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a couch</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4296.htm">Strong's 4296: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bed, for, sleeping, eating, a sofa, litter, bier</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of luxury</span><br /><span class="heb">כְבוּדָּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ḇū·dāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3520.htm">Strong's 3520: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weightiness, magnificence, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a table</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֻׁלְחָ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šul·ḥān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7979.htm">Strong's 7979: </a> </span><span class="str2">A table, a meal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spread</span><br /><span class="heb">עָר֖וּךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rūḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set in a, row, arrange, put in order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before it,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·ne·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which you had set</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂ֥מְתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(śamt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My incense</span><br /><span class="heb">וּקְטָרְתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·qə·ṭā·rə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7004.htm">Strong's 7004: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and My oil.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׁמְנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šam·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grease, liquid, richness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-41.htm">Ezekiel 23:41 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-41.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:41 And sit on a stately bed (Ezek. 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