Ezekiel 23:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And God declares that Oolah will be freed from Me and will succumb to her desires. The mention of the wife implies a meaning tied to her lustful ways, symbolizing the demons to whom she offered her service. This opens the door to the very essence of iniquity. The Assyrians approached her, dressed in filth—elders and commanders alongside young men, all elite cavalrymen riding horses, and she shared her unfaithfulness with them. The chosen son of Assyria, in all his thoughts, was defiled. Through the selected youths, adorned in hues of red, he enigmatically labels the idols, which they depicted in familiar forms. For those who had long been disregarded would typically give their deities a likeness drawn from the ordinary aspects of their lives.