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Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
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The Punishment Fits the Crime
Commentators highlight a profound irony in God's judgment. The 'lovers' Judah pursued—nations like Babylon (the Chaldeans)—for political alliances and spiritual fulfillment are the very ones God now raises up to punish her. The source of her sinful desire becomes the instrument of her destruction, demonstrating that what we turn to instead of God will ultimately turn against us.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
I will bring them against thee. —Here, as everywhere, the fitness of the punishment to the sin, the correlation between t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord God Or, you two tribes of Benjamin and Judah, hear what the Lord says unto you:…
Presbyterian
A history of the apostasy of God's people from Him, and its aggravation.
In this parable, Samaria and Israel are called Aholah (meaning "her…
