Ezekiel 23:36
New International Version
The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices,

New Living Translation
The LORD said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.

English Standard Version
The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

King James Bible
The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

New King James Version
The LORD also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

NASB 1995
Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

NASB 1977
Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

Amplified Bible
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].

Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

American Standard Version
Jehovah said moreover unto me: Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.

Contemporary English Version
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!

English Revised Version
The LORD said moreover unto me: Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and tell them about their disgusting practices?

Good News Translation
The LORD said to me, "Mortal man, are you ready to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Accuse them of the disgusting things they have done.

International Standard Version
Then the LORD spoke to me. "Son of Man, speak out in judgment of both Oholah and Oholibah. Make their detestable practices widely known,

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

NET Bible
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!

New Heart English Bible
The LORD said moreover to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;

World English Bible
Yahweh said moreover to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH says to me, “Son of man, "" Do you judge Aholah and Aholibah? Then declare their abominations to them.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Son of man, Dost thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Declare then to them their abominations.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah, and announce to them their abominations?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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?

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the Lord spoke to me, saying: “Son of man, should you not judge Oholah and Oholibah, and announce to them their crimes?

New American Bible
Then the LORD said to me: Son of man, would you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then make known to them their abominations.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to me: Mortal, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The LORD said to me, Son of man, now you can judge Ahlah and Ahlibah, and declare to them their abominations;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: “Son of man, judge Ahlah and Ahalibah and show them their abominations
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD said moreover unto me: 'Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord said to me, Son of man wilt thou not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Judgment on Both Sisters
36Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. 37For 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.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 3:6-10
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. ...

Hosea 2:2-5
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. ...

Isaiah 1:21
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Jeremiah 2:20
“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.

Hosea 4:12-14
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.

Revelation 17:1-5
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. ...

Jeremiah 13:27
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?”

Hosea 9:1
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.

Revelation 18:3
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.”

Jeremiah 5:7-9
“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?

2 Kings 17:7-18
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. ...

Revelation 2:20-22
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.

Jeremiah 23:14
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.”

1 Corinthians 6:15-20
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. ...

Isaiah 57:3-8
“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? ...


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;

wilt

Ezekiel 20:4
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

Ezekiel 22:2
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

Jeremiah 1:10
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.

judge.

Jeremiah 11:14
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jeremiah 14:11
Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Aholah

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.

declare

Ezekiel 16:2
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Hosea 2:2
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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Ezekiel 23
1. The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah
23. Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers
36. The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both
45. and shows their judgments














Then the LORD said to me
The phrase begins with the divine initiation of communication, emphasizing the authority and sovereignty of God. The Hebrew root for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, which underscores His eternal and unchanging nature. This introduction sets the stage for a message of judgment, reminding us that God is actively involved in the affairs of His people and speaks through His prophets to guide, correct, and instruct.

Son of man
This title, "Son of man," is used frequently in Ezekiel, highlighting the prophet's humanity and his role as a representative of the people. The Hebrew term "ben adam" signifies both humility and the responsibility bestowed upon Ezekiel. It serves as a reminder that while Ezekiel is a mere human, he is chosen by God to deliver His divine message, bridging the gap between the divine and the mortal.

will you judge
The call to "judge" is a directive from God to Ezekiel, indicating a divine mandate to pronounce judgment. The Hebrew word "shaphat" means to govern, to vindicate, or to punish. This reflects the role of the prophet as not only a messenger but also as an agent of divine justice. It underscores the seriousness of the situation and the necessity of addressing sin and rebellion.

Oholah and Oholibah?
These names are symbolic representations of Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. "Oholah" means "her tent," and "Oholibah" means "my tent is in her," reflecting their roles as centers of worship and their relationship with God. Historically, these cities were centers of idolatry and unfaithfulness, and their personification as sisters highlights their shared guilt and the depth of their spiritual adultery.

Then confront them
The command to "confront" is a call to direct engagement with the sin of the people. The Hebrew root "yakah" implies a rebuke or correction, emphasizing the need for repentance and the seriousness of their transgressions. This confrontation is not merely punitive but is intended to bring about awareness and change, reflecting God's desire for His people to return to Him.

with their abominations
The term "abominations" refers to detestable practices, particularly idolatry and moral corruption. The Hebrew word "toebah" is often used in the context of idolatrous practices that are abhorrent to God. This highlights the gravity of their sin and the reason for divine judgment. It serves as a warning to all believers about the dangers of turning away from God and embracing the ways of the world.

(36) Wilt thou judge?--Rather, judge thou, as in Ezekiel 20:4; Ezekiel 22:2.

Verse 36. - As often, Ezekiel emphasizes by reiteration, begins yet a fresh discourse with the same words, wilt thou judge, as in Ezekiel 20:4 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. Ezekiel 8:17; 2 Kings 21; Jeremiah 32:34).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to me:
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֕ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

will you pass judgment
הֲתִשְׁפּ֥וֹט (hă·ṯiš·pō·wṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

against Oholah
אָהֳלָ֖ה (’ā·ho·lāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 170: Oholah -- 'she who has a tent', a symbolic name for Samaria

and Oholibah?
אָהֳלִיבָ֑ה (’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 172: Oholibah -- 'tent in her', a symbolic name for Jerusalem

Then declare
וְהַגֵּ֣ד (wə·hag·gêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

to them
לָהֶ֔ן (lā·hen)
Preposition | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew

their abominations.
תוֹעֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽן׃ (ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hen)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


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