Ezekiel 23:15

15. Girdles It was a peculiarity of the Chaldeans, as shown by the monuments, that they used as a girdle the azar, or large shawl, which other Eastern people used as a waistcloth, confining their flowing robes with this instead of a simple belt ( Jewish Quarterly Review, 4:29) so true, to the smallest detail, is this prophet’s description.

Exceeding in dyed attire Rather, with dyed turbans pendent. The monuments often represent the headdress richly dyed red and hanging down behind. Princes (“great lords,” Ezekiel 23:23) Rather, knights (1 Kings 9:20). Orelli well suggests that in chapter 16 the misbehavior of the false wife is emphasized, while in this chapter the fascination of the foreign world powers is in the foreground.