AHOLIBAH -The Woman Who Saw the Warning but Did Not Learn | Women of the Bible
Women of the Bible Study Series — Symbolic Women Primary Scripture: Ezekiel 23:1–49 Key Study Passage: Ezekiel 23:11–35 Theme: Spiritual Unfaithfulness, Ignored Warnings, and the Danger of Repeating What God Has Already Shown Us “And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she...” — Ezekiel 23:11, KJV Her Story Aholibah is not a historical woman in the ordinary sense. She is a symbolic woman used in Ezekiel's prophetic message to represent Jerusalem and the southern kingdom of Judah . Ezekiel presents two sisters: Aholah — Samaria and Aholibah — Jerusalem. Both belonged to God. Both became spiritually unfaithful. But Aholibah's story contains an especially serious warning: She saw what happened to her sister and still followed the same road. Aholah had pursued Assyria and experienced devastating judgment. Aholibah had the opportunity to look at her sister's history and say: “I will not do what she did.” Instead, she became eve...