Yahweh said moreover to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
- BSB Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
- NKJV The Lord also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
- NASB Moreover, the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
- NLT The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
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Quick answer
God commissions Ezekiel to confront both sisters, Israel and Judah, with their abominations. The prophet's task is to declare sin honestly so people may see their guilt.
Overview
With the rhetorical 'will you judge?', God calls Ezekiel to act as a covenant prosecutor, declaring the abominations of Oholah and Oholibah. Faithful proclamation includes naming sin clearly, not to condemn for its own sake but to bring the hearers to the knowledge of their need. This prophetic honesty models the kind of preaching that prepares hearts for grace.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ezek 22:2“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
- Ezek 20:4“Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
- Ezek 16:2“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
- Isa 58:1“Cry aloud, don’t spare. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Jer 1:10Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
- Jer 11:14“Therefore don’t pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
- Acts 7:51–53“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
- Mic 3:8–11But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
- 1 Cor 6:2–3Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- Jer 14:11Yahweh said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
- Luke 11:39–52The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
- Hos 2:2Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- Matt 23:13–35“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
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