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Ezek. 23:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou νjudge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declarei unto them their abominations;

or, plead for.

Ezek. 20:4• ⁴Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, (Ezek. 20:4)

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wilt.

Ezek. 20:4• ⁴Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, son of man? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, (Ezek. 20:4)

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Ezek. 22:2• ²And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations, (Ezek. 22:2)

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Jer. 1:10• ¹⁰See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to overthrow, to build and to plant. (Jer. 1:10)

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1 Cor. 6:2‑3• ²Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of the smallest judgments?
³Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life? (1 Cor. 6:2‑3)

judge.

or, plead for.

Jer. 11:14• ¹⁴And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. (Jer. 11:14)

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Jer. 14:11• ¹¹And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. (Jer. 14:11)

Aholah.

Ezek. 23:4• ⁴And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah. (Ezek. 23:4)

declare.

Ezek. 16:2• ²Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, (Ezek. 16:2)

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Isa. 58:1• ¹Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins. (Isa. 58:1)

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Hos. 2:2• ²Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; (Hos. 2:2)

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Mic. 3:8‑11• ⁸But truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
⁹Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
¹⁰that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:8‑11)

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Matt. 23:13‑35• ¹³But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for *ye* do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.
¹⁴(Verse 14 is omitted in this translation.)
¹⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.
¹⁶Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
¹⁷Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
¹⁹Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
²⁰He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
²¹And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
²²And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
²⁴Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
²⁶Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
²⁷Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
²⁸Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
²⁹Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,
³⁰and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
³¹So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
³²and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
³³Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
³⁴Therefore, behold, *I* send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
³⁵so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (Matt. 23:13‑35)

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Luke 11:39‑52• ³⁹But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?
⁴¹But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
⁴²But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
⁴³Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.
⁴⁴Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know it.
⁴⁵And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
⁴⁶And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
⁴⁷Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
⁴⁸Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build their sepulchres.
⁴⁹For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution,
⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
⁵¹from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
⁵²Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered. (Luke 11:39‑52)

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Acts 7:51‑53• ⁵¹O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.
⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up and murderers!
⁵³who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it. (Acts 7:51‑53)

• From verse 36 to the end there is a comparison which closes the account of the two sisters. (“Notes on Ezekiel 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations.