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Eze 23:45 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the righteous		The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Eze 23:36; Jer 5:14; Hsa 6:5; Zec 1:6; Jhn 8:3-7
after the manner of adulteresses		Eze 23:37-39; Eze 16:38-43; Lev 20:10; Lev 21:9; Deu 22:21-24; Jhn 8:7
because		Eze 23:37.

Correlating Passages

the righteous

	Eze 23:36	The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
	Jer 5:14	Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
	Hsa 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.
	Zec 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.
	Jhn 8:3	And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
	Jhn 8:4	They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
	Jhn 8:5	Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
	Jhn 8:6	This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
	Jhn 8:7	So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

after the manner of adulteresses

	Eze 23:37	That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through [the fire], to devour [them].
	Eze 23:38	Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
	Eze 23:39	For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
	Eze 16:38	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.
	Eze 16:39	And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
	Eze 16:40	They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
	Eze 16:41	And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
	Eze 16:42	So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
	Eze 16:43	Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these [things]; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon [thine] head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
	Lev 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.
	Lev 21:9	And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
	Deu 22:21	Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
	Deu 22:22	If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, [both] the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
	Deu 22:23	If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
	Deu 22:24	Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
	Jhn 8:7	So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

because

Eze 23:37

That they have committed adultery, and blood [is] in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through [the fire], to devour [them].

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 23:45," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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