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Ezekiel 23:37

Ezekiel 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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That they have committed adultery,.... Either literally, adultery with their neighbours' wives, which was a prevailing sin with this people; or figuratively, spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry:…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Blood - One of the chief sins of Manasseh was that he shed innocent blood 2Ki 21:16; 2Ki 24:4.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 23:22-49

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

that they have committed for they have. The blood on their hands is that of their children whom they sacrifice. See Eze 16:20-21.