Ezekiel 23:45 “But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who co…”

Ezekiel 23:45

But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Righteous men will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

American Standard Version

And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye righteous men they shall iudge them, after the maner of harlots, and after the maner of murtherers: for they are harlots, and blood is in their hands.

Darby Translation

And righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women that shed blood; for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Young's Literal Translation

As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they [are] adulteresses, And blood [is] in their hands.

Bible in Basic English

And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.

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Cross references

“the righteous”

Hosea 6:5 Jeremiah 5:14 Zechariah 1:6 John 8:3–7 Ezekiel 23:36

Hosea 6:5 · BSB

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Jeremiah 5:14 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.

Zechariah 1:6 · BSB

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has…

John 8:3–7 · BSB

The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them

Ezekiel 23:36 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

“after the manner of adulteresses”

Ezekiel 16:38–43 Leviticus 20:10 Leviticus 21:9 Deuteronomy 22:21–24 Ezekiel 23:37–39 John 8:7

Ezekiel 16:38–43 · BSB

And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

Leviticus 20:10 · BSB

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

Leviticus 21:9 · BSB

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Deuteronomy 22:21–24 · BSB

she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the…

Ezekiel 23:37–39 · BSB

For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.

John 8:7 · BSB

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

44And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.

46This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

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