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Ezekiel 20:29

Bamah
Sin

27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)

30 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

31 When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)
KJV
Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
WEB
Then I said to them, ‘What does the high place where you go mean?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.”’
ASV
Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
DARBY
And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
BLB
And I said to them, ‘What [is] this high place [to] which you⁺ are going there?’ And its name is called Bamah to this day.
ÅB
Da sa jeg til dem: Hva er disse offerhauger, siden dere søker til dem? - Og allikevel kalles de offerhauger den dag idag.
OTB
Da sa jeg til dem: Hva er dette opphøyde stedet dere går til?’” (Det kalles Bamah til denne dag.)
B1930
Da sa jeg til dem: Hvad er disse offerhauger, siden I søker til dem? - Og allikevel kalles de offerhauger den dag idag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 16:24–25

    you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.

    Read in context

  • Ezekiel 16:31

    But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

    Read in context