Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"Righteous men will judge them"
Text: Ezekiel 23:45
JUDGMENT FROM THE RIGHTEOUS
Judgment in the ancient days was specific and swift. The wickedness of Judah could not be overlooked easily.
“Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries,
‘Will they commit harlotry with her now, and she with them?’
Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot;
thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women.
But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses,
and after the manner of women who shed blood,
because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.”
Ezekiel 23:43-45
1. The sinful state of Judah.
a) She was described as having “grown old in adulteries”.
b) Judah had become an experienced harlot.
2. Invitation to her many guests.
a) This was the practice of both:
i) Oholah (Samaria)
ii) Oholibah (Jerusalem)
b) They were described as “lewd women”.
c) She consorted with all her guests.
d) Even brigands like the Sabeans.
3. Judgment of Oholah and Oholibah.
a) The righteous in the land would rise up and judge them.
b) There was no mistaking their guilt.
c) Both women would be judged severely:
i) For adultery.
ii) For shedding blood (murder).
d) Death was the ancient way of condemning those guilty of gross sins.