Ezekiel 20:28

Whereas I brought them into the land concerning which I lifted up mine hand to give it them; and they looked upon every high hill, and every shady tree, and they sacrificed there to their gods, and offered there a sweet-smelling savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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 their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

In Context

27Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord: Hitherto have your fathers provoked me in their trespasses in which they transgressed against me.

29And I said to them, What is Abama, that ye go in thither? and they called its name Abama, until this day.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:3And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraam.

Joshua 23:3And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; for it is the Lord our God who has fought for you.

2 Kings 17:9and in those of the children of Israel as many as + 17:9 Gr. cloaked matters.secretly practised customs, not as they should have done, against the Lord their God:

2 Kings 17:12And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall not do this thing against the Lord.

Psalms 105:8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known.

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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