{"id":4345,"verse_id":"EZK.23.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":4,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.4","text":"In this allegory the Lord is depicted as being the husband of two wives. The OT law prohibited a man from marrying sisters ( Lev 18:18 ), but the practice is attested in the OT (cf. Jacob). The metaphor is utilized here for illustrative purposes and does not mean that the Lord condoned such a practice or bigamy in general.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A4/2"}
{"id":4346,"verse_id":"EZK.23.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":16,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.16","text":"The Chaldeans were prominent tribal groups of Babylonia. The imagery is reminiscent of events in the reigns of Hezekiah ( 2 Kgs 20:12-15 ) and Jehoiakim ( 2 Kgs 23:34-24:1 ).","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A16/2"}
{"id":4347,"verse_id":"EZK.23.23","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":23,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.23","text":"Pekod was the name of an Aramean tribe (known as Puqudu in Mesopotamian texts) that lived in the region of the Tigris River.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A23/1"}
{"id":4348,"verse_id":"EZK.23.23","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":23,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"23.23","text":"Shoa was the name of a nomadic people (the Sutu) that lived in Mesopotamia.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A23/2"}
{"id":4349,"verse_id":"EZK.23.23","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":23,"note_index":3,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"23.23","text":"Koa was the name of another Mesopotamian people group (the Qutu).","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A23/3"}
{"id":4350,"verse_id":"EZK.23.32","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":32,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.32","text":"The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A32/1"}
{"id":4351,"verse_id":"EZK.23.34","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":34,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"23.34","text":"The severe action is more extreme than beating the breasts in anguish ( Isa 32:12 ; Nah 2:7 ). It is also ironic for these are the very breasts she so blatantly offered to her lovers (vv. 3, 21 ).","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A34/3"}
{"id":4352,"verse_id":"EZK.23.37","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EZK","chapter":23,"verse":37,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"23.37","text":"The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Ezekiel%2023%3A37/1"}
