Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 23:16

"And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea." — Ezekiel 23:16 (ASV)

Saw them with her eyes. —This is to be taken in a sense wide enough to include knowledge obtained in any way, as well as by actual sight. The interaction between Judæa and Babylon was so close that many of the people had seen the Babylonians personally, while others knew of them through their report.

Sent messengers. —Ahaz sent messengers to Assyria (2 Kings 16:7), and Hezekiah entertained ambassadors from Babylon (2 Kings 20:13); but besides these, the whole history of the times implies that there must have been frequent embassies of which no special mention is made. One from Zedekiah is incidentally mentioned by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:3), of which there is no record in history.