John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 23:15

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 23:15

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezekiel 23:15

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity." — Ezekiel 23:15 (ASV)

Girded with girdles upon their loins As a token of dignity and authority; see (Isaiah 11:5), which was the peculiar custom of the Babylonians, as Kimchi, from the Talmudists, observes: "exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads"; having turbans of various colours upon their heads, after the manner of the Persians: all of them princes to look to; bore the resemblance of kings, princes, and the great men of the earth, and whose images indeed they were; even of such who in their lifetime were famous for military exploits, or for some excellency or another, either real or pretended, and after death reckoned among the gods, and worshipped: after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity; either where these heroes were born whose images were portrayed; or where Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation, was born, and so called from thence the land of their nativity; putting them in mind of their original, and of the idolatries of their ancestors, which they were now returning to.