Ezekiel 23:12
She shamelessly offered herself to the sons of the Assyrians, to the rulers and magistrates who brought themselves to her clothed with colorful garments, to the horsemen who were carried by horses, and to the youths, all of them exceptional in appearance.
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13And I saw that she had been defiled, and that they both took the same path.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:16In that time, king Ahaz sent to the king of the Assyrians, requesting assistance.
Ezekiel 23:5And then, Oholah committed fornication against me, and she acted madly with her lovers, with the Assyrians who approached her,
Hosea 2:7And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not obtain them, and she will seek them, but she will not find them, and she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, because it was to some extent better for me then, than it is now.’
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:12-22
The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. 12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the… Read the whole commentary →