Ezekiel 23:45

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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.

Context of Ezekiel 23:45

43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’ 44They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women. But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands. 46“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder. 47That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

Ezekiel 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, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
• Jeremiah 5:14Because of that, the Lord, the God who rules over all, said to me, “Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”
• Hosea 6:5Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.
• Zechariah 1:6But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, ‘The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
• John 8:3The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them
• Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.
• Ezekiel 16:38I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage.
• Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
• Leviticus 21:9If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.
• Deuteronomy 22:21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
• John 8:7When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 23:45

• Adultery

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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