Ezekiel 23:4
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.”Ezekiel 23:4
What Does Ezekiel 23:4 Mean?
Ezekiel 23:4 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 23, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 23:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 16:46“And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.”Jeremiah 3:1“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.”Ezekiel 16:8“Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”Hosea 2:7“And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.”Exodus 19:5“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:”1 Kings 8:29“That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.”1 Kings 12:20“And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.”1 Kings 12:26“And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:”2 Kings 17:19“Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.”Nehemiah 9:26“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.”Psalms 45:11“So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.”Psalms 76:2“In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.”Psalms 132:13“For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.”Jeremiah 2:2“Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.”Jeremiah 31:32“Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:”Ezekiel 16:20“Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,”Ezekiel 16:40“They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.”Ezekiel 23:11“And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.”Ezekiel 23:37“That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.”Hosea 4:15“Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.”
People & Places
AholahAholibahJerusalemSamaria
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