Ezekiel - 23:44

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44 They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 23:44.

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Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.
And they went in to her, as to a harlot: so went they in unto Oolla, and Ooliba, wicked women.
And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a whorish woman: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women.
And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah, the wicked women.
Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.
And they went in to her, as men go to a loose woman: so they went in to Oholibah, the loose woman.
And they entered to her, as if to a kept woman. So did they enter to Oholah and Oholibah, nefarious women.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Yet they went in unto her,.... Made a league with one another, and joined in idolatrous worship:
as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot; with the same heat of lust, with the same greediness and eager desire as young men do when they go into a brothel house where a beautiful harlot lives:
so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah; the lewd women, the ten tribes of Israel, and the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which apostatized from God, and committed idolatry; with these the Sabeans before mentioned, and other nations, joined in idolatrous worship.

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