Ezekiel 23:45

Easy To Read Version

“But good men will judge them guilty. They will judge those women guilty of the sin of adultery {\cf2\super [199]} and murder. Why? Because Oholah and Oholibah have done the sin of adultery and the blood from people they killed is still on their hands!”

Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

And Manasseh killed many innocent people. He filled Jerusalem from one end to another with blood. And all those sins are in addition to the sins that caused Judah to sin. Manasseh caused Judah to do the things that the Lord said were wrong.’”

Jeremiah 2:34

You have blood on your hands!\par It is the blood of the poor, innocent people.\par You did not catch those people\par breaking into your house!\par You killed them for no reason!\par

Jeremiah 5:14

The Lord God All-Powerful said\par these things:\par “Those people said I would not punish them.\par So Jeremiah, the words I give you\par will be like fire.\par And those people will be like wood.\par That fire will burn them up completely!\par

Lamentations 4:14

The prophets and priests walked around\par like blind men in the streets.\par They had become dirty with blood.\par No one could even touch their clothes\par because they were dirty.\par

Ezekiel 22:3

You must say, ‘The Lord my Master says this: The city is full of murderers. So her time of punishment will come! She made filthy idols for herself. And those idols made her filthy!

Ezekiel 23:24

Those crowd of men will come to you. They will come riding on their horses and in their chariots. There will be many, many people. They will have their spears, shields, and helmets. They will gather together around you. I will tell them what you have done to me. And they will punish you their own way.

Ezekiel 23:44

But they kept going to her like they would go to a prostitute. {\cf2\super [198]} Yes, they went again and again to Oholah and Oholibah, those wicked women.

Ezekiel 24:7

Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it.\par Why? Because the blood from\par the murders is still there!\par She put the blood on the bare rock!\par She did not pour the blood on the ground\par and cover it with dirt. {\cf2\super [202]} \par

Hosea 2:2

“Argue with your mother. {\cf2\super [11]} Argue! Because she is not my wife! I am not her husband! Tell her to stop being like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [12]} Tell her to take away her lovers {\cf2\super [13]} from between her breasts.

Hosea 6:5

I used the prophets,\par and made laws for the people.\par The people were killed at my command.\par But good things will come\par from those decisions. {\cf2\super [64]} \par

Leviticus 20:10

“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!

Leviticus 21:9

“If a priest’s daughter becomes a prostitute, [376] then she ruins her reputation, and she brings shame to her father! So she must be burned.

Zechariah 1:6

The prophets were my servants. I used them to tell your ancestors about my laws and teachings. And your ancestors finally learned their lesson. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did the things he said he would do. He punished us for the way we lived and for all the bad things we did.’ So they came back to God.”