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Ezekiel 23:45 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 23 · verse 45
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.Ezekiel 23:45 · King James Version
Ezekiel 23:45 in context
43Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
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.
46For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
47And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- adulteressesnâʼaphto commit adulteryH5003 →
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- mannermishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- judgeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- shedshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metalH8210 →
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Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the devil, had revolted from her allegiance to him, had compassed and imagined to shake off his government, had kept up a…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-49