Ezekiel 23:5-6

Context

23:5 “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine.¹ She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians² – warriors³ 23:6 clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

[23:5] ¹tn Heb “while she was under me.” The expression indicates that Oholah is viewed as the Lord’s wife. See Num 5:19-20, 29.

[23:5] ²tn Heb “Assyria.”

[23:5] ³tn 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.