Ezekiel 23:41

Translations

Modern

You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

Traditional

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Literal

And you sat on a glorious couch, with a table arranged before it, and My incense and My oil you had set on it.

Latin

Sedisti in lecto pulcherrimo, et mensa ornata est ante te: thymiama meum et unguentum meum posuisti super eam.

Original

Hebrew

English

You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

Notes

Ezekiel 23:36–43

The prophet again took the role of a prosecuting attorney. A prosecuting attorney is a person who brings charges against someone in court. His task was to confront Jerusalem with her sins (detailed in Ezekiel 22).

Jerusalem and Samaria were supposed to be holy cities, set apart for God. Instead, they had become like worn-out prostitutes. This picture shows that they had been unfaithful to God. Their only attraction was their availability, meaning they were ready to give themselves to anyone.

The prophet used this strong image to show how serious their unfaithfulness was. They had turned away from the Lord and given their loyalty to other gods and foreign nations.

Ezekiel 23:1–49

This chapter, like chapter 16, tells the history of the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It does this through an extended metaphor (a comparison that continues through many verses).

In this comparison, Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities, are described as two immoral women. The language is strong and direct.

This metaphor shows that their judgment was certain and deserved.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Esther 1:6
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
Ezekiel 44:16
They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
Jeremiah 44:17
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
Isaiah 65:11
But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
Amos 6:4
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Isaiah 57:7
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
Malachi 1:7
By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
Hosea 2:8–9
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
Proverbs 7:16–17
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Ezekiel 16:18–19
You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you set My oil and incense before them.
Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

Glossary

Aholah Aholibah Banquet Bathe, Bathing Ezekiel, Book of Furniture Incense Meaning of Meals in the Bible Oholah and Oholibah

Topics

Beds: Often Perfumed Idolatry: Other Customs of Incense Burned on Altars Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Licentiousness of Oil used for Idols Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Great Wickedness is the Cause of Their Adversity Sacred Anointing: Oil or Ointment For: Jews Condemned for Imitating

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