Ezekiel 23:17
“And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Babylonians came to her in the bed of love,.... Entered into alliance with the Jews, and worshipped together in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
After Josiah’s death and the usurpation of dominion by the Egyptians, the Babylonians were no doubt welcomed as friends…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 23:11-21
The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
alienated from them The figure lies in the revulsion of sated passion; the thing in the weariness of the Babylonian…
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