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Ezekiel 23:47

Ezekiel 23:47
And 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the company shall stone them with stones,.... Which was the punishment of adulterers and idolaters, Deu 13:10, this seems to refer to the Chaldean army casting out stones from their slings and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ezekiel 23:45-49

The judgment to be executed by the hands of their allies. Eze 23:45 The righteous men - Or, righteous men. The allies are so called as the instruments of God’s righteous judgments. Eze 23:48 To cease…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Shall stone them with stones - As they did adulteresses under the law. See Lev 20:10; Deu 22:22, compared with Joh 8:3.

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

Ezekiel 23:36-49

New exposure of the immoralities of Oholah and Oholibah (Eze 23:36-44), and threat of their punishment (Eze 23:45-49)

The passage is not a continuation of Eze 23:1-35, but an independent description,…