Ezekiel 23:12

12 She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, 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).

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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 nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.

11 "Now her sister Oholibah saw [this], but she was [even] more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.

12 She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

13 And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them [had taken] the same path.

14 But she increased her promiscuity when she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion