Ezekiel 23:14

"I saw that she was defiled. They both went the same way."

Key Reflection

In Ezekiel 23:14, the prophet describes a scene where two women, often seen as symbolic of Israel and Samaria, are portrayed as engaging in immoral behavior that defiles them. The verse suggests that despite their shared sinfulness, they moved together, indicating a common lifestyle or partnership in wickedness. This passage uses vivid imagery to highlight the degradation and communal nature of their transgressions, drawing attention to how their actions reflect a uniform lack of piety and moral integrity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

After Israel’s captivity Judah intrigued first with Assyria, then with Babylon, courting their monarchs, imitating their customs, and learning their idolatries. Pourtrayed upon the wall -The monuments of Nineveh show how the walls of its palaces were adorned with figures precisely answering to this description. There is evidence that these sculptures were highly colored with vermilion, or rather, red ochre.

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