Ezekiel 23:1

Easy-to-Read Version

The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me again:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

King James Version
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

English Standard Version
The word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:

Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to me.

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The word of the Lord came againe vnto me, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:

New King James Version
The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

New Living Translation
This message came to me from the Lord :

New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto me saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother. They became whores in Egypt, whores from a young age. Their breasts were fondled, their young bosoms caressed. The older sister was named Oholah, the younger was Oholibah. They were my daughters, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. "Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

¹ The word of the Lord came to me. He said, ² "Son of man, listen to this story about Samaria and Jerusalem. There were two sisters, daughters of the same mother. ³ They became prostitutes in Egypt while they were still young girls. That's where they first let men touch and handle their young breasts. ⁴ The older daughter was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became my wives, and we had children. I am using the name Oholah to mean Samaria and the name Oholibah to mean Jerusalem. ⁵ "Then Oholah became unfaithful to me—she began to live like a prostitute. She began to want her lovers. She saw the Assyrian soldiers ⁶ in their blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men riding horses. They were leaders and officers, ⁷ and Oholah gave herself to all those men. All of them were handpicked soldiers in the Assyrian army, and she wanted them all! She became filthy with their filthy idols. ⁸ Besides that, she never stopped her love affair with Egypt. Egypt made love to her when she was a young girl. Egypt was the first lover to touch her young breasts. Egypt poured his untrue love on her. ⁹ So I let her lovers have her. She wanted Assyria, so I gave her to them! ¹⁰ They raped her. They took her children and killed her. They punished her, and women still talk about her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 2:23 - see Ezekiel 2:3 - a rebellious nation Ezekiel 22:2 - her abominations Hosea 1:2 - for Hosea 4:12 - gone Zechariah 5:7 - is

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed his face to the ground to show he respected God. But he laughed and said to himself, "I am 100 years old. I cannot have a son, and Sarah is 90 years old. She cannot have a child."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The word of the Lord came unto me,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; another prophecy, one upon the same subject, as in

Ezekiel 16:1,

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seventh word of judgment. The allegory of Aholah and Aholibah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIII

The idolatries of Samaria and Jerusalem are represented in this

chapter by the bad practices of two common harlots, for which

God denounces severe judgments against them, 1-49.

See the sixteenth chapter, where the same metaphor is enlarged

upon as here, it being the prophets view to exude the utmost

detestation of the crime against which he inveighs.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII