“Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.”
She bestowed her harlotries upon them, all of them chosen young men of Assyria; and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after. Israel's comprehensive apostasy involves both military alliance with Assyria and systematic idolatry. The defilement with idols emphasizes the religious dimension of political infidelity.
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