Ezekiel 23:15
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
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Gill's Exposition
Girded with girdles upon their loins,.... As a token of dignity and authority; see Isa 11:5, which was the peculiar custom of the Babylonians, as Kimchi, from the Talmudists, observes: "exceeding in…
The prophet Hosea, in his time, observed that the two tribes retained their integrity, in a great measure, when the ten tribes had apostatized (Hos 11:12, Ephraim indeed compasses me about with lies,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
girded with girdles The "girdles" were properly not belts or sashes, but articles of clothing, tunics or waist-cloths (Isa 11:5). "It appears, however, from the monuments that the Assyrians used what…
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