the righteous: The Chaldeans, so called, because appointed by God to execute his judgment on these criminals. Ezekiel 23:36; Jeremiah 5:14; Hosea 6:5; Zechariah 1:6; John 8:3-7
after the manner of adulteresses: Ezekiel 23:37-39, Ezekiel 16:38-43; Leviticus 20:10, Leviticus 21:9; Deuteronomy 22:21-24; John 8:7
because: Ezekiel 23:37