ezekiel 23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

ezekiel 23:5 "And Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, [her] neighbors,

5. when . . . mine--literally, "under Me," that is, subject to Me as her lawful husband.
neighbours--On the northeast the kingdom of Israel bordered on that of Assyria; for the latter had occupied much of Syria. Their neighborhood in locality was emblematical of their being near in corruption of morals and worship. The alliances of Israel with Assyria, which are the chief subject of reprobation here, tended to this (2Ki 15:19; 16:7, 9; 17:3; Ho 8:9).

ezekiel 23:5 "And Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, [her] neighbors,

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