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Ezekiel 23:15

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wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 15

This long chapter (as before ch. 16 and 20) is a history of the apostasies of God's people from him and the aggravations of those apostasies under the similitude of corporal whoredom and adultery. Here the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the ten tribes and the two, with their capital cities, Samaria and Jerusalem, are considered distinctly. Here is, I. The apostasy of Israel and Samaria from God (Eze 23:1-8) and their ruin for it (Eze 23:9, Eze 23:10). II. The apostasy of Judah and Jerusalem from God (Eze 23:11-21) and sentence passed upon them, that they shall in like manner be destroyed for it (Eze 23:22-35). III. The joint wickedness of them both together (Eze 23:36-44) and the joint ruin of them both (Eze 23:45-49). And all that is written for warning against the sins of idolatry, and confidence in an arm of flesh, and sinful leagues and confederacies with wicked people (which are the sins here meant by committing whoredom), is that others may hear and fear, and not sin after the similitude of the transgressions of Israel and Judah.

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Strong's Concordancev. 15

חָגוֹר (châgôwr, H2289) — belted אֵזוֹר (ʼêzôwr, H232) — something girt; a belt, also a band מֹתֶן (môthen, H4975) — properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins סָרַח (çârach, H5628) — to extend (even to excess) טָבוּל (ṭâbûwl, H2871) — properly, dyed, i.e. a turban (probably as of colored stuff) רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, H7218) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of… שָׁלִישׁ (shâlîysh, H7991) — a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed… מַרְאֶה (marʼeh, H4758) — a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape… דְּמוּת (dᵉmûwth, H1823) — resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… בָּבֶל (Bâbel, H894) — Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire כַּשְׂדִּי (Kasdîy, H3778) — a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also… אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) מוֹלֶדֶת (môwledeth, H4138) — nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring,…

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And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

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I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

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Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

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