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You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren`t satisfied.
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Harlotry: Alliances & Idolatry
Commentators explain that Israel's "harlotry" with Assyria was twofold. It involved making forbidden political alliances instead of trusting God, and it also led to adopting their false worship. Scholars point to King Ahaz, who even replaced the Lord's altar with a copy of an Assyrian one, as a prime example of this spiritual adultery.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. Idolatry, spiritual adultery, invariably accompanied these unholy alliances, and brought with it disaster and ruin.…
19th Century
Anglican
With the Assyrians. —The Assyrians and Egyptians were for many centuries in deadly hostility against each other, and it would seem…
16th Century
Protestant
I interpret this verse also concerning the covenant by which the Jews had entangled themselves, when they willingly allied themselves with the Assy…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have played the whore also with the Assyrians By entering into alliances with them, and worshipping their idols;…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
