Ezekiel 23:6
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 Aholibah.
5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
- KJV
- Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
- WEB
- who were clothed with blue—governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
- ASV
- who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
- DARBY
- clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
- BLB
- clothed [in] purple, governors and commanders, young men of desire all of them, horsemen riding on horses.
- ÅB
- kledd i blått purpur, fyrster og herrer, alle sammen fagre unge menn, ryttere på sine hester.
- OTB
- kledd i blått, guvernører og kommandører, alle sammen vakre unge menn, ridende på hester.
- B1930
- klædd i blått purpur, fyrster og herrer, alle sammen fagre unge menn, ryttere på sine hester.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 23:23
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
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