Verses 28-29
She committed adultery with the distant Assyrians as well, but they did not satisfy her lust (2 Kings 15:19-20; 2 Kings 16:7-18). Neither did adultery with the merchant Chaldeans or the Egyptians satiate her (2 Kings 20:12-19; Isaiah 20:5-6; Isaiah 30:1-5; Isaiah 31:1).
"Jerusalem was a spiritual nymphomaniac." [Note: Dyer, "Ezekiel," p. 1257.]
Political alliances normally involved the weaker party taking the gods of the stronger ally into its religious system. This is how much idolatry entered Jerusalem.
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