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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. (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"