41 You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.
41 And satest upon a stately
41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
41 They reclined on a sumptuous bed, aromatic with incense and oils - my incense and oils!
41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.
41 You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 23:41
Chapter Contents
A history of the apostacy of God's people from him, and the aggravation thereof.
In this parable, Samaria and Israel bear the name Aholah, "her own tabernacle;" because the places of worship those kingdoms had, were of their own devising. Jerusalem and Judah bear the name of Aholibah, "my tabernacle is in her," because their temple was the place which God himself had chosen, to put his name there. The language and figures are according to those times. Will not such humbling representations of nature keep open perpetual repentance and sorrow in the soul, hiding pride from our eyes, and taking us from self-righteousness? Will it not also prompt the soul to look to God continually for grace, that by his Holy Spirit we may mortify the deeds of the body, and live in holy conversation and godliness?