“And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,”
Oholah played the harlot while under My hand, lusting after her lovers, the Assyrians, warriors clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men. Israel's first apostasy focuses on Assyrian alliance and religious assimilation. The sexual metaphor emphasizes the attraction Israel felt to foreign power and culture.
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