Ezekiel 20:29-31
Lexham English Bible
29 And I said to them, ‘What is the high place[a] to which you are going?’ And it is called[b] Bamah until this day. 30 Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the way of your ancestors[c] will you defile yourself, and after their vile idols will you prostitute yourselves? 31 And when you lift up your gifts, sacrificing your children[d] through the fire, you are defiling yourself through all of your idols until today,[e] and will I let myself[f] be consulted by you, house of Israel?”’ As I live,”[g] declares[h] the Lord Yahweh, “I will not let myself[i] be consulted by you!
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- Ezekiel 20:29 Hebrew Bamah, which became its name
- Ezekiel 20:29 Literally “it is called name its”
- Ezekiel 20:30 Or “fathers”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “at to lift up your gifts at causing to pass over your children”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “the day”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “Live I”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”
Ezekiel 20:29-31
New International Version
29 Then I said to them: What is this high place(A) you go to?’” (It is called Bamah[a] to this day.)
Rebellious Israel Renewed
30 “Therefore say to the Israelites: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves(B) the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images?(C) 31 When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children(D) in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.(E)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 20:29 Bamah means high place.
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