Ezekiel 23:45
43 Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’
44 And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
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.
46 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And righteous men, they will pass judgment [on] them with the judgment of adulteresses, and [with] the judgment of those shedding blood, because they [are] adulteresses, and blood [is] on their hands!
- ÅB
- Men rettferdige menn skal dømme dem, som horkvinner dømmes og kvinner som utøser blod; for horkvinner er de, og blod er der på deres hender.
- OTB
- Men rettferdige dommere vil dømme dem til straffen for kvinner som begår utroskap og utgyter blod, fordi de er ekteskapsbrytere og blod er på deres hender.
- B1930
- Men rettferdige menn skal dømme dem, som horkvinner dømmes og kvinner som utøser blod; for horkvinner er de, og blod er der på deres hender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 23:36–39
Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:38–43
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:10
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.
Read in contextHosea 6:5
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:14
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.
Read in contextLeviticus 21:9
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Read in contextJohn 8:3–7
The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:21–24
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 evil from among you.
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