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She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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Commentators explain that the shocking comparison to asses and horses is deliberately graphic. It's meant to convey the intense, degrading, and insatiable nature of Judah's spiritual lust. By pursuing foreign alliances and their idols, they were engaging in a form of spiritual adultery that was animalistic and debased.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Their paramours. —The word is masculine, indicating the abominable sins copied by the Israelites from the heathen, and asses and h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For she doted upon their paramours Or "concubines" F26; the neighbouring nations and allies of the Egypti…
Presbyterian
A history of the apostasy of God's people from Him, and its aggravation.
In this parable, Samaria and Israel are called Aholah (meaning "her…
