Ezekiel 23 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 23:2

Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
Ezekiel 23:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 23:2 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
WEB“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
ASVSon of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
YLTTwo women were daughters of one mother,
DARBYSon of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother.
BBESon of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother:
WebsterSon of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

What does Ezekiel 23:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Eze 23:1-49. Israel's and Judah's Sin and Punishment Are Parabolically Portrayed under the Names Aholah and Aholibah.

The imagery is similar to that in the sixteenth chapter; but here the reference is not as there so much to the breach of the spiritual marriage covenant with God by the people's idolatries, as by their worldly spirit, and their trusting to alliances with the heathen for safety, rather than to God. 2. two ... of one mother--Israel and Judah, one nation by birth from the same ancestress, Sarah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Son of man, there were two women - All the Hebrews were derived from one source, Abraham and Sarah; and, till the schism under Rehoboam, formed but one people: but as these ten tribes and a half separated from Judah and Benjamin, they became two distinct people under different kings; called the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel. They are called here, because of their consanguinity, two sisters. The elder, Samaria, (for there was the seat of government for the kingdom of Israel), was called אהלה aholah, "a tent." The younger, Judah, was called אהליבה aholibah, "my tent is in her," because the temple of God was in Jerusalem, the seat of the government of the kingdom of Judah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 23:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֑ם'a.DamhumankindH120
שְׁתַּ֣יִםshe.Ta.yimtwoH8147
נָשִׁ֔יםna.ShimwomenH802
בְּנ֥וֹתbe.Notdaughters ofH1323
אֵם\־'em-a motherH517
אַחַ֖ת'a.ChatoneH259
הָיֽוּ\׃ha.Yuthey wereH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 23:2

  • Jeremiah 3:7-10

    And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 16:44-46

    Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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16:44,46; Jer 3:7-10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 23:1

    The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

  • Ezekiel 23:2

    Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

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Ezekiel 23:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hijo del hombre, hubo dos mujeres, hijas de una madre,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Fils d’homme, il y avait deux femmes, filles d’une même mère;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Menschensohn, es waren zwei Weiber, Töchter einer Mutter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fili hominis, duæ mulieres filiæ matris unius fuerunt: