and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.
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and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.
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And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
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and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 23:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Esther 1:6 There were hangings of white and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
- Isaiah 65:11 “But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
- Jeremiah 44:17 But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Ezekiel 44:16 “They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
- Amos 6:4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;
- Isaiah 57:7 On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
- Proverbs 7:16-17 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- Ezekiel 16:18-19 You took your embroidered garments, covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them. My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and so it was,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Hosea 2:8-9 For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
- Amos 2:8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
- Malachi 1:7 You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He meaneth the altar that was prepared for the…
He meaneth the altar that was prepared for the idols.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and…
Eze 23:41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Ver. 41. And satest.] For entertainment sake.
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Whereupon thou hast set mine incense] So fighting against me, as it were, with mine own weapons, and abusing my best gifts to my greatest dishonour, contrary to Pro 3:9.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Safest; it is a table gesture, as appears, she…
Safest; it is a table gesture, as appears, she was prepared to feast them.
Upon a stately bed; a magnificent, rich bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leant on their sides, which would not have been a comely posture to a woman.
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Table prepared; table furnished with choicest provision, such as made for feasts, when solemn sacrifices were offered, or when vows were paid, as the harlot, Pro 7:14,15.
Set mine incense: this assures us that idolatrous worship was acted by her in compliance with the Chaldeans, offered to their idols, and then feasted the idolaters, with what God had given her, when they confirmed their leagues, and swore by false gods.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And satest upon a stately bed,.... Or honourable (g),…
And satest upon a stately bed,.... Or honourable (g), a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a feast, made for the entertainment of them; it being usual in the eastern nations to sit on beds at eating, to which the next clause agrees. The allusion is to a harlot sitting on a bed decked out by her to allure men to lie with her; see Pro 7:16,
and a table prepared before it; before the bed, furnished with the richest provisions to treat the ambassadors with; or this may design an altar built for them to offer on it sacrifices to their idols, according to the customs of their countries:
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whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil; which were the gifts of God to this people, and which they should have used in his service; but with these they treated the ministers of Heathen princes; scenting the room where they were entertained with incense, and anointing their heads and feet with oil, for their pleasure and refreshment; or they offered these on the altars of the idols to them.
(g) "honorato", Junius and Tremellius, Polanus, Coeccius, Starckius.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sattest - Prepared to feast them. A stately bed…
Sattest - Prepared to feast them. A stately bed - A magnificent bed, on which women sat to feast, when men leaned on their sides. Incense - Offered to their idols.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. And satest upon a stately bed] Hast…
Verse 41. And satest upon a stately bed] Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here is in allusion to the sofas on which the ancients were accustomed to recline at their meals; or to the couches on which they place Asiatic brides, with incense pots and sweetmeats on a table before them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bed: it seems at table, Amos ii. 8., and…
Bed: it seems at table, Amos ii. 8., and Tobias ii. 3. --- Ointment; using them for thyself, or presenting them to idols, Exodus xxx. 23, 33. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain bed--divan. While men reclined at table, women sat, as…
bed--divan. While men reclined at table, women sat, as it seemed indelicate for them to lie down (Amo 6:4) [GROTIUS].
table--that is, the idolatrous altar.
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mine incense--which I had given thee, and which thou oughtest to have offered to Me (Eze 16:18-19; Hos 2:8; compare Pro 7:17).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. a table prepared] i.e. spread.
41. a table prepared] i.e. spread.
hast set mine incense] didst set. The words indicate that service of other gods is referred to under the figure of the harlot’s entertainment.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (41) A stately bed is rather the couch or…
(41) A stately bed is rather the couch or divan used for reclining at a feast. “Mine incense and mine oil” (comp. Eze_16:18) may be taken simply as the products of the land, the good gifts of God which Israel bestowed upon the heathen; but as both of these were especially used in sacrifices, it is better to connect with this the perversion to the worship of the idols of the heathen of what should have been Jehovah’s only.
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