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 Living Translation (NLT)But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.

Context of Ezekiel 23:45

43Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries, ‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’ 44Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women. 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. 46“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

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 also said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
• Jeremiah 5:14Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “Because you speak this word, Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire, And this people wood, And it shall devour them.
• Hosea 6:5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
• Zechariah 1:6Yet surely My words and My statutes, Which I commanded My servants the prophets, Did they not overtake your fathers? “So they returned and said: ‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us, According to our ways and according to our deeds, So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”
• John 8:3Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,
• Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.
• Ezekiel 16:38And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy.
• Leviticus 20:10‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.
• Leviticus 21:9The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she 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 a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
• John 8:7So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.”

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