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Barnes' Notes on Ezekiel 23:14

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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After Israel’s captivity Judah intrigued first with Assyria, then with Babylon, courting their monarchs, imitating their customs, and learning their idolatries. Pourtrayed upon the wall - The monuments of Nineveh show how the walls of its palaces were adorned with figures precisely answering to this description. There is evidence that these sculptures were highly colored with vermilion, or rather, red ochre. return to 'Top of Page'
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