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and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.
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The Lavishness of Betrayal
Commentators explain that the "stately bed" and "prepared table" depict a scene of lavish entertainment, not just a simple sin. This imagery, like a harlot preparing for lovers, illustrates how Israel and Judah deliberately and extravagantly pursued foreign alliances and their gods, making their betrayal of God a calculated act of spiritual adultery.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The figure is that of a woman adorned in all her beauty, sitting on a couch (not a bed) at a banquet prepared for those whom she has invited. This …
19th Century
Anglican
A stately bed is rather the couch or divan used for reclining at a feast. Mine incense and mine oil () may be taken simpl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And sat upon a stately bed Or honourable F7 , a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canop…
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