# General Information:

Yahweh continues his metaphor in which he speaks of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria as if they were two prostitutes. This metaphor continues through [Ezekiel 23:34](./33.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# turbans

hats made out of long cloth and wrapped around the top of a man's head

# had the appearance of officers of chariot troops, the likeness of sons

The abstract nouns "likeness" and "appearance" can be translated with verbal phrases. AT: "appeared the way officers of chariot troops do, and they looked like sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# chariot troops

soldiers who drive chariots and who run ahead of and beside them

# sons of Babylonia

"Babylonians"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/chaldeans]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chariot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/babylon]]