Ezekiel 23:7

Eze 23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them [that were] the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.

Ver. 7. Thus she committed her whoredoms with them.] Heb., She bestowed her whoredoms upon them; she was no niggard. A little entreaty served turn. Cuilibet sui copiam faciebat, such was her idol madness.

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Eze 23:7-10. Thus she committed whoredoms with them — She defiled herself with idols, as the sense is more plainly expressed at the end of the verse. Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt — She added new idolatries to those she had formerly committed: see Eze 23:3. Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers — God made these very Assyrians the executioners of his judgments upon the ten tribes, many of them being carried away captive by Pul, king of Assyria, afterward by Tiglath-pileser, and at length the whole country was subdued and depopulated by Shalmaneser: see the margin. The kings of Babylon were likewise styled kings of Assyria, 2Ki 23:29; 2Ch 33:11. Lovers mean the same with allies; those whose friendship and assistance the Jews courted, by complying with them in their idolatries, Eze 16:37. These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters — These stripped her of every thing, and carried her and her children away captive: see the margin, and Eze 23:29. And slew her with the sword — Those that were not led captive were slain in the field of battle, or in the siege of Samaria, 2Ki 17:5. And she became famous among women — The Hebrew reads, She became a nation among women: as she had been formerly renowned among the heathen for her beauty, (Eze 16:14,) so now she was everywhere talked of as a remarkable instance of God’s vengeance, and set forth for an example to other cities and nations, to deter them from the like abominations.

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all their idols--There was nothing that she refused to her lovers.

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(7) With all their idols.—The reality breaks through the figure, and leaves no doubt of the meaning of the allegory.

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7. with all their idols] The alliance with Assyria brought in Assyrian idolatry, cf. 2Ki_23:11, where horses and chariots of the sun are mentioned, and also the altars on the roofs, where incense was burnt to the host of heaven, Eze_23:12, Jer_19:13.

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Thus she committed her whoredoms with them,.... Entered into alliance with them, and joined them in their idolatrous worship:

with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria; before described by their habit, office, and age:

and with all on whom she doted; had an insatiable desire and lust after:

with all their idols she defiled herself; worshipped all the idols the Assyrians did; and which were defiling, as they must needs be, since, as the word used signifies, they were dunghill gods.

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Thus, by the eye and familiar converse, she fell to idolatry. Committed her whoredoms: see Eze 23:3.

With all them; she embraced the friendship and religion of all of them, and relied on the Assyrian’s idols for deliverance and peace.

And with all, i.e. other nations with whom she had commerce and made leagues,

on whom she doted; like an adulterous wife, she was mad in her love to them, to their persons, customs, idols, and religion, with all which she polluted herself.

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7-10. This vile creature is not even true to her Assyrian paramour, but continues the adultery with Egypt began in her youth. It was because her Assyrian lovers discovered her intrigues with Egypt that they tore off her beautiful garments and left her stricken and destitute.

Famous [literally, a name] among women — See notes Eze_16:37. It is especially emphasized that it shall be those for whom she has forsaken her loving husband who shall oppress her and make her a byword. The language and comparisons were intended to shock the hearers and compel them to acknowledge that the most indecent actions of the most shameless prostitutes were not as bad as the treatment of Jehovah by Samaria and Judah.

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Vers. 7-10 The next two verses paint the consequence of the alliance first with Assyria and then with Egypt. She adopted the religion of Assyria, probably in the form of the worship of Ishtar (Ashtoreth) as the queen of heaven. Having done this, the kings of Israel sought to play off one kingdom against the other. (see Hos_7:11; 2Ki_17:4) It was, in fact, the discovery of Hoshea"s treachery in this matter that led Shalmaneser to besiege Samaria. The result of that siege is described in general terms in Ver. 10. She, the city of Samaria, was slain with the sword, tier sons and daughters were taken into exile. So she became famous (i.e. infamous, like the Latin famosus ), literally, a name among women, so. among the neighboring nations.

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With all - Other nations, with whom she had commerce.

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And she bestowed her harlotries upon them Her adulterous heart and her promiscuous spirit she bestowed upon them, for she desired them.

and in all that she lusted In all the nations with whom she collaborated, she learned their ways and became defiled with their idols.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.