Ezequiel 23:5

5 Ora prostituiu-se Aolá, sendo minha; e enamorou-se dos seus amantes, dos assírios, seus vizinhos,

Ezequiel 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:5

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine
His married wife, and so ought to have cleaved to him alone: or, under me {o}; under his cover, power, and protection, and therefore it was their interest to serve him only: or, "instead of me" ^F16; or, as the Syriac version, "besides me": they worshipped other gods in the room of the true God, or other gods besides him. The Targum is,

``and Aholah erred from my worship;''

the ten tribes fell into idolatry, when they were God's professing people: and she doted on her lovers;
whom she loved even to madness; she was mad with love, to the idols, temples, altars, and idolatrous worship of the Heathens; particularly doted "on the Assyrians her neighbours"; who were become so by the conquest of Syria; and these they treated as their neighbours, and sought to have them to be their allies and confederates; courted their help and assistance, and gave them much money for that purpose; as Menahem gave to Pul king of Assyria a thousand talents of silver, to confirm the kingdom in his hand, ( 2 Kings 15:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ytxt) "sub me", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Tigurine version. Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.
F16 "Exteros excipiens loco meo", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus.

Ezequiel 23:5 In-Context

3 Estas se prostituíram no Egito; prostituíram-se na sua mocidade; ali foram apertados os seus peitos, e ali foram apalpados os seios da sua virgindade.

4 E os seus nomes eram: Aolá, a mais velha, e Aolibá, sua irmã; e foram minhas, e tiveram filhos e filhas; e, quanto aos seus nomes, Samária é Aolá, e Jerusalém é Aolibá

5 Ora prostituiu-se Aolá, sendo minha; e enamorou-se dos seus amantes, dos assírios, seus vizinhos,

6 que se vestiam de azul, governadores e magistrados, todos mancebos cobiçáveis, cavaleiros montados a cavalo.

7 Assim cometeu ela as suas devassidões com eles, que eram todos a flor dos filhos da Assíria; e contaminou-se com todos os ídolos de quem se enamorava.