Ezekiel 20:29

American Standard Version

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

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Ezekiel 20:29 in other translations

Then I said to them, ‘What does the high place where you go mean?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.” ’

Ezekiel 20:29 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 20:29 in context

  1. 27Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
  2. 28For when I had brought them into the land, which I sware to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
  3. 29Then I said unto them, What meaneth the high place whereunto ye go? So the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
  4. 30Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?
  5. 31and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;