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Ezekiel 23

Ezek. 23:36 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
moreover unto me; Son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, wilt thou νjudge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
Aholah
'Oholah (Hebrew #170)
from 168; her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary); Oholah, a symbol. name for Samaria
KJV usage: Aholah.
Pronounce: o-hol-aw'
Origin: in form a feminine of 168, but in fact for .Oholahh {o-hol-aw'}
and Aholibah
'Oholiybah (Hebrew #172)
from 168; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
KJV usage: Aholibah.
Pronounce: o''-hol-ee-baw'
Origin: (similarly with 170) for hOholiybahh {o''-hol-e-baw'}
? yea, declare
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
i unto them their abominations
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
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or, plead for.
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Ezek. 20:4• 4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, (Ezek. 20:4)

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Aholah,
Aholibah,
The Son of Man

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wilt.
Ezek. 20:4• 4Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers, (Ezek. 20:4)
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Ezek. 22:2• 2Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her 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 root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. (Jer. 1:10)
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1 Cor. 6:2‑3• 2What! know ye not that the saints shall judge the world?
 3And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of the least judgments? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? much more things of this life. (1 Cor. 6:2‑3)
judge.
or, plead for.
Jer. 11:14• 14Therefore 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. (Jer. 11:14)
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Jer. 14:11• 11{i}And Jehovah said unto me{/i}, Pray not for this people for their good. (Jer. 14:11)
Aholah.
Ezek. 23:4• 4{i}And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister;{/i} they were mine, and they begat sons and daughters. {i}As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.{/i} (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: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, {i}and her adulteries from between her breasts;{/i} (Hos. 2:2)
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Mic. 3:8‑11• 8Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgressions, 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.
 10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
 11{i}The 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.{/i} (Mic. 3:8‑11)
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Matt. 23:13‑35• 13{i}But 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.{/i}
 14(Verse not included in this translation).
 15{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 16{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 17{i}Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?{/i}
 18{i}And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.{/i}
 19{i}[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?{/i}
 20{i}He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.{/i}
 21{i}And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.{/i}
 22{i}And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.{/i}
 23{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 24{i}Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.{/i}
 25{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 26{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i}
 27{i}Woe 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.{/i}
 28{i}Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.{/i}
 29{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,{/i}
 30{i}and 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.{/i}
 31{i}So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:{/i}
 32{i}and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.{/i}
 33{i}Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?{/i}
 34{i}Therefore, 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;{/i}
 35{i}so 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.{/i} (Matt. 23:13‑35)
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Luke 11:39‑52• 39{i}But the Lord{/i} said unto 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, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also?
 41{i}But{/i} rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
 42{i}But{/i} woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe the mint and the 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, [scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites] for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
 45{i}And one of the doctors of the law answered{/i} and said to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
 46{i}And he said,{/i} Woe unto you also, 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.
 47{i}Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.{/i}
 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 hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of these they shall kill and drive out by persecution,
 50that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; yea, I say unto 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 {i}not{/i} entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered. (Luke 11:39‑52)
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Acts 7:51‑53• 51Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
 52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers,
 53ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not. (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

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

W. Kelly Translation

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36
And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)