Ezekiel 23:44Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And they went in to her, as to a harlot: so went they in unto Oolla, and Ooliba, wicked women.
Douay-Rheims

וַיָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֔יהָ כְּב֖וֹא אֶל־אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן בָּ֗אוּ אֶֽל־אָֽהֳלָה֙ וְאֶל־אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה אִשֹּׁ֖ת הַזִּמָּֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

For, having been granted the authority due to their transgressions, akin to the treatment of unfaithful spouses, they boldly ventured into Samaria and Jerusalem, becoming those who devastate lives—both demons and the Chaldeans skilled in demonic tasks. To these, God ultimately directs His message, declaring:

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ezek 23:3And they committed fornication in Egypt, in their youth they committed fornication: there were their breasts pressed down, and the teats of their virginity were bruised.
Ezek 23:9Therefore have I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assyrians, upon whose lust she doted.
Ezek 23:13And I saw that she was defiled, and that they both took one way.