Ezekiel 23:12

12 She lusted after the men from Ashur, governors and rulers, warriors dressed to perfection, skilled horsemen, all of them good-looking 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).

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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 exposed her private parts, took her sons and daughters, and put her to death with the sword; so that she became notorious among women for the judgments executed against her.

11 "Her sister Oholivah saw this; nevertheless she was worse than her sister in lusting and likewise in whoring.

12 She lusted after the men from Ashur, governors and rulers, warriors dressed to perfection, skilled horsemen, all of them good-looking young men.

13 I saw that she had defiled herself; both sisters had gone down the same path.

14 She prostituted herself more than ever; because she saw wall-carvings of men, depicting the Kasdim in vermilion