Ezekiel 23:6

clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horsemen riding on horses.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

In Context

5And Oholah went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors,

7And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whomsoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all their devices.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 23:23the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shua, and Koa, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 23:2-11

The Sins of Samaria and Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem… Read the whole commentary →

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