English Standard Version
Ezekiel 23:45
45But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands."
Ezekiel 23:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
- New International Version (NIV)But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.
Context of Ezekiel 23:45
43"Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, 'Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!' 44For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women! But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands." 46For thus says the Lord God: "Bring up a vast host against them, and make them an object of terror and a plunder. 47And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:45 word by word
וַאֲנָשִׁ֣ים צַדִּיקִ֗ם הֵ֚מָּה יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ אֽוֹתְהֶ֔ם מִשְׁפַּט֙ נֹֽאֲפ֔וֹת וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט שֹׁפְכ֣וֹת דָּ֑ם כִּ֤י נֹֽאֲפֹת֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְדָ֖ם בִּֽידֵיהֶֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
- menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- they shall judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
- them after the mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
- of adulteressesנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
- of women that shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- in their handsיָדyâd · handH3027
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:45
- Ezekiel 23:36The Lord said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations.
- Jeremiah 5:14Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: "Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
- Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.
- Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.'"
- John 8:3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst
- Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.
- Ezekiel 16:38And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- Leviticus 20:10"If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 21:9And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
- Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
- John 8:7And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45And the righteous men - צדיקים אנשים anashim tsaddikim . The Chaldeans, thus called because they are appointed by God to execute judgment on these criminals.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45-49Verses 45-49 The judgment to be executed by the hands of their allies. Ezekiel 23:45 The righteous men - Or, righteous men. The allies are so called as the instruments of God‘s righteous judgments. Ezekiel 23:48 To cease - Because they are stricken and consumed. Compare marginal reference. All women - i. e., all countries.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-49The sisters' enemies would attack them with stones and swords, like an invading army. In a typical invasion, not only would the prostitutes die, but their sons and daughters would also die. The enemy would burn their homes. Those who rebelled against the Lord and followed false gods would face death as punishment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4545. the righteous men--the Chaldeans; the executioners of God's righteous vengeance (Eze 16:38), not that they were "righteous" in themselves (Ha 1:3, 12, 13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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