Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 23:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine” at Ezekiel 23:5 as part of “Oholah Personifies Samaria's Alliances and Violent Fall.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 23:1–10
Read Ezekiel 23:5 with 23:1–10. By itself, “And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The first sister, Oholah, is portrayed through sexualized desire for Assyria and is handed over to those allies who expose and kill her, becoming a warning.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 23:5 performs a local role inside “Oholah Personifies Samaria's Alliances and Violent Fall.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine” at Ezekiel 23:5 as part of “Oholah Personifies Samaria's Alliances and Violent Fall.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 23:1–10 — Oholah Personifies Samaria's Alliances and Violent FallSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 23:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 23:1–10
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