Ezekiel 23:9

9 Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

Ezekiel 23:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:9

Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers,
&c.] To destruction; their persons, families, riches, and kingdom itself: into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted;
first into the hands of Pul, then Tiglathpileser, then Shalmaneser, all kings of Assyria, by whom they were spoiled or carried captive; by the two first in part, by the last wholly; see ( 2 Kings 15:19 2 Kings 15:29 ) ( 17:5-18 ) .

Ezekiel 23:9 In-Context

7 And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

8 Neither hath she left her whoredoms since [the days of] Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.

9 Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

10 These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they slew with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments upon her.

11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.