Ezekiel 23:18So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.
The setting
Babylon, ~593 BC. Ezekiel concludes the allegory of two sisters. Jerusalem (Oholibah) has repeated her sister Samaria's (Oholah) mistakes, modern-day West Bank and northern Israel...
The emotion here: devastated prophet speaking God's final verdict on the nation he loved
The original word
yāqa' (יקע) — to be alienated, torn away, dislocated from relationship
Why it matters
Samaria (northern kingdom) fell to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem is about to repeat the same pattern
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 23:18
God's alienation mirrors the sisters' own alienation — they pulled away first, now He must pull away
Common misconceptionPeople think God arbitrarily turns away, but this shows He becomes alienated only after persistent betrayal. His alienation is reactive, not capricious.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Ezekiel 23:18
Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 23:18 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 23:18 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include unfaithfulness, divine rejection. Notable phrases: my soul was alienated. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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