King James Version
Ezekiel 23:6 in the King James Version says “Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.”
Ezekiel 23:6 · KJV
And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. committed: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them the chosen: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
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“Which were clothed”
H3847properly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
“with blue”
H8504the cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“horsemen”
H6571a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry
“riding”
H7392to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
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