Ezekiel 23:45 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁵And 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.

Ezekiel 23:45 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 23:36-39
The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; …
Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Ezekiel 16:38-43
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. …
Hosea 6:5
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Topics

Adultery Commandments Copulation Crime Fornication Harlot (prostitute)Harlotry Lasciviousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 36-49)

After the ten tribes were carried into captivity, and that kingdom was made quite desolate, the remains of it by degrees incorporated with the kingdom of Judah, and gained a settlement (many of them) in Jerusalem; so that the two sisters had in effect become one again; and therefore, in these verses, the prophet takes those to task jointly who were thus conjoined: “ Wilt thou judge Aholah and Ahol…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 45)

45. 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).