20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
20 and lusted after her paramours there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses.
20 That whetted her appetite for more virile, vulgar, and violent lovers - stallions obsessive in their lust.
20 For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses.
20 She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey's and emissions like those of a horse.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 23:20
Chapter Contents
A history of the apostacy of God's people from him, and the aggravation thereof.
In this parable, Samaria and Israel bear the name Aholah, "her own tabernacle;" because the places of worship those kingdoms had, were of their own devising. Jerusalem and Judah bear the name of Aholibah, "my tabernacle is in her," because their temple was the place which God himself had chosen, to put his name there. The language and figures are according to those times. Will not such humbling representations of nature keep open perpetual repentance and sorrow in the soul, hiding pride from our eyes, and taking us from self-righteousness? Will it not also prompt the soul to look to God continually for grace, that by his Holy Spirit we may mortify the deeds of the body, and live in holy conversation and godliness?