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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 23:5 - 23:5
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when ... mine - literally, “under Me,” that is, subject to Me as her lawful husband.
neighbours - On the northeast the kingdom of Israel bordered on that of Assyria; for the latter had occupied much of Syria. Their neighborhood in locality was emblematical of their being near in corruption of morals and worship. The alliances of Israel with Assyria, which are the chief subject of reprobation here, tended to this (2Ki 15:19; 2Ki 16:7, 2Ki 16:9; 2Ki 17:3; Hos 8:9).