Ezekiel 23:5

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. ¹  She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians ²  – warriors ³ 

Ezekiel 23:9

23:9 Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians ⁴  for whom she lusted.

¹ tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

² tn Heb “Assyria.”

³ tn The term apparently refers to Assyrian military officers; it is better construed with the description that follows. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:738.

⁴ tn Heb “I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the sons of Assyria.”