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The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
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A Failed Political Alliance
Commentators explain that this verse refers to Judah's historical alliance with Babylon after King Josiah's death. Initially welcomed as friends, the relationship was a form of spiritual adultery, involving shared idolatry. This alliance quickly soured, leading to Judah's rebellion against Babylon, which is what the text means when it says 'her soul was alienated from them.'
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
After Josiah’s death and the usurpation of dominion by the Egyptians, the Babylonians were no doubt welcomed as friends (2 Kings 24:1).…
19th Century
Anglican
Her mind was alienated.—The original implies the disgust of satiety.
Josiah had been the devoted friend of Babylon and peri…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Babylonians came to her in the bed of love Entered into alliance with the Jews, and worshipped together in the sa…
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