Saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, &c.— "Before she had seen the Assyrians, upon the bare relation concerning them, or, upon the painting only which was made of them, her passion was inflamed towards them." Calmet. Some suppose that this may refer to the mystic cells, on the walls of which the images of their deities were pourtrayed. See on chap. Ezekiel 8:7, &c. Instead of, Exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, in the next verse, Houbigant reads, Having their heads bound with a dyed tiara, or turban. Ovid, speaking of these tiaras, says,
Tempora purpureis tentat velare tiaris.
METAM. lib. 9:*
* She tries to veil her temples with purple tiaras.