Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"Harlotry more corrupt"
Text: Ezekiel 23:11
JERUSALEM’S SINS
Samaria had strayed right from the beginning under the reign of Jeroboam. For a while, Jerusalem and Judah remained true to God. But over time, Jerusalem also yielded to temptation and became idolatrous too.
“Now although her sister Oholibah saw this,
she became more corrupt in her lust than she,
and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.
‘She lusted for the neighbouring Assyrians,
Captains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.
Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.'”
Ezekiel 23:11-13
1. Oholibah was in Jerusalem.
a) She saw Oholah, Samaria turning to idolatry
b) Instead of rebuking her, Oholibah followed suit.
2. Even more corrupt.
a) Jerusalem became more corrupt than Samaria.
b) The practice of idolatry was even more rampant.
3. Jerusalem’s lusts.
a) She followed the way of Samaria.
b) Judah sought Assyria for:
i) Military might.
ii) For material wealth.
iii) For the Assyrian men.
4. Both met terrible fates.
a) Israel was destroyed by Assyria.
b) Judah was spared but suffered from Assyrian assaults.
c) Isaiah was the prophet who interceded for Judah successfully (Isaiah 37).