Ezekiel 23:12

12 "She lusted after the 1Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:12

She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours
As in the times of Ahaz, who sent to Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, for help; and from whence he took the pattern of an altar, and had one built like it at Jerusalem, and offered upon it, ( 2 Kings 16:7-12 ) , captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously;
or "perfectly" F17; with all kind of precious garments, and of all manner of colours; not with blue only, but purple, scarlet, crimson horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men;
(See Gill on Ezekiel 23:6).


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (lwlkm) "omni genera pulchrarum vestinto", Pagninus; "absoluto vestira", Montanus; "perfectione, [sive] universitate, [sub.] vestium", Vatablus; "perfectissime", Janius & Tremellius, Polanus; "perfecto ornatu", Piscator; "vestitos accurate", Cocceius.

Ezekiel 23:12 In-Context

10 "They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.
11 "Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.
12 "She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
13 "I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.
14 "So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion

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