Ezekiel - 23:41

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41 and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 23:41.

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And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.
Thou sattest on a very fine bed, and a table was decked before thee: whereupon thou didst set my incense, and my ointment.
and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.
and satest upon a stately bed. with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.
And sattest upon a stately bed and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.
And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.
And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon you have set my incense and my oil.
And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.
and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.
You sat upon a very beautiful bed, and a table was adorned before you, on which you placed my incense and my ointment.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And satest upon a stately bed - Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here is in allusion to the sofas on which the ancients were accustomed to recline at their meals; or to the couches on which they place Asiatic brides, with incense pots and sweetmeats on a table before them.

And satest (q) upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which thou hast set my incense and my oil.
(q) He means the altar that was prepared for the idols.

And satest upon a stately bed,.... Or honourable (g), a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a feast, made for the entertainment of them; it being usual in the eastern nations to sit on beds at eating, to which the next clause agrees. The allusion is to a harlot sitting on a bed decked out by her to allure men to lie with her; see Proverbs 7:16,
and a table prepared before it; before the bed, furnished with the richest provisions to treat the ambassadors with; or this may design an altar built for them to offer on it sacrifices to their idols, according to the customs of their countries:
whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil; which were the gifts of God to this people, and which they should have used in his service; but with these they treated the ministers of Heathen princes; scenting the room where they were entertained with incense, and anointing their heads and feet with oil, for their pleasure and refreshment; or they offered these on the altars of the idols to them.
(g) "honorato", Junius and Tremellius, Polanus, Coeccius, Starckius.

bed--divan. While men reclined at table, women sat, as it seemed indelicate for them to lie down (Amos 6:4) [GROTIUS].
table--that is, the idolatrous altar.
mine incense--which I had given thee, and which thou oughtest to have offered to Me (Ezekiel 16:18-19; Hosea 2:8; compare Proverbs 7:17).

Sattest - Prepared to feast them. A stately bed - A magnificent bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leaned on their sides. Incense - Offered to their idols.

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