Ezekiel 20:29

Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

In Context

28For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

30For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:31For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 20:28-33

The Rebellions of Israel. ( b. c. 592.) 27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made… Read the whole commentary →

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