Ezekiel 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.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 23:36 commands Ezekiel to judge the sisters; verse 45 shows that judgment being executed by righteous men.

Ezekiel 23:37-39 lists the adulteries and bloodshed that justify the judgment pronounced in verse 45.

Ezekiel 23:29 details the stripping and exposure that the righteous men judge in verse 45—the same punishment for harlotry.

Ezekiel 23:35 gives the reason for the judgment in verse 45: forgetting God and bearing the penalty of lewdness.

Ezekiel 16:38-43 contains a parallel judgment on Jerusalem for adultery and bloodshed, mirroring the punishment in Ezekiel 23:45.

Ezekiel 16:32 uses the same 'adulterous wife' metaphor to describe Israel's unfaithfulness, reinforcing the imagery here.

Ezekiel 22:2 commands judgment on the 'bloody city' for its abominations, directly paralleling the bloodshed here.

Leviticus 20:10 is the law prescribing death for adultery — the legal basis for the judgment by 'righteous men' in Ezekiel 23:45.

John 8:3-7 challenges the idea of righteous judges — Jesus says only the sinless may judge, contrasting with the 'righteous men' in Ezekiel 23:45.

John 8:7 Contrast

John 8:7 contrasts this: only the sinless can cast a stone, questioning the 'righteous men' who judge here.

Hosea 2:2 Parallel

Hosea 2:2 uses the same metaphor of an adulterous wife facing judgment, calling her to put away harlotry.

Revelation 2:22 threatens a false prophetess with judgment for leading into adultery—mirroring the judgment on Oholah and Oholibah.

Revelation 17:16 depicts the beast stripping and burning the prostitute—a NT echo of the punishment in Ezekiel's allegory.

Deuteronomy 22:21-24 sets the death penalty for adultery and sexual sin, which underlies the judgment pronounced here.

Deuteronomy 22:22 gives the death penalty for adultery, the specific law applied in the judgment here.

Leviticus 21:9 Related theme

Leviticus 21:9 prescribes burning for a priest's daughter who whored, providing the legal backdrop for the judgment of adulteresses here.