Reading for March 24th

Reading Ezekiel 23.1-49 Oholah and Oholibah.
Presupposing the portrayal of Israel as God's  wife (compare Hos 1-3; Jer 2-3), Ezekiel employs the metaphor of harlotry to describe Samaria and Jerusalem (see ch. 16).
Oholah, "her tent," refers to Samaria.
The name Oholah alludes to the presence of God who dwells in a tent (according to the Exodus and Wilderness traditions; compare 2 Sam 7.6).
Oholibah, "my tent is in her," refers to Jerusalem and to the presence of the Temple.
In verses 5-10 Oholah's or Samaria's relations with the officers of Assyria presuppose its earlier alliance with Assyria under the Jehu dynasty, specifically, Menahem (2 Kings 15.17-22),
and Hoshea (2 Kings 17.1-6).
Ezekiel portrays this alliance as  harlotry and argues that it led to Israel's destruction.
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