Ezekiel 23:45

45. Righteous men; they shall judge them As righteous men would execute lawful punishment upon such adulteresses, stoning them with stones (Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22; Deuteronomy 22:24), so a company of God’s executioners shall come upon Jerusalem and Samaria and they shall be removed (literally, tossed to and fro), spoiled, stoned, destroyed with fire and sword (Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 6:4-10; Ezekiel 16:40-41). The result shall be a world-wide warning against idolatry and its complete extermination in Israel (Ezekiel 23:48-49). The influence of this chapter is seen throughout all Jewish literature. Take for example, this pathetic extract from the Hebrew Divan of R. Judah Halevy:

O cup of woe! Give pause! Give breathing space!

My veins and soul are full of bitterness. I think on Aholah

I drink thy cup; On Aholibah then I drain its dregs.

O Zion, “perfect beauty,” grace and love

Of old thou bindest on thee yea, the souls

Of sages, too, are bound up in thy life,

These gladden in thy weal, these wail thy woe,

These weep thy ruin. Still from captive pit

Toward thee they yearn, and toward thy sacred gates

Each from his place they bow them down in prayer.