Discovery BoxEzekiel 23:37 
Context23:37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, 1 they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. 2
Ezekiel 23:45
Context23:45 But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, 3 because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
1 sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.
2 tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35.
3 tn Heb “and upright men will judge them (with) the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of those who shed blood.”
