Ezekiel 20:29

And I say unto them: What [is] the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called 'high place' to this day.

Young's Literal Translation

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

28And I bring them in unto the land, That I did lift up My hand to give to them, And they see every high hill, and every thick tree, And they sacrifice there their sacrifices, And give there the provocation of their offering, And make there their sweet fragrance, And they pour out there their libations.

30Therefore, say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the way of your fathers are ye defiled? And after their detestable things go a-whoring?

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:31In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And — hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

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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