Ezekiel 20:29

Ezekiel 20:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I said to them: What is this high place you go to?’ ” (It is called Bamah to this day.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)(I said to them, 'What is the high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said to them, ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah to this day.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 20:29

27So, son of man, you must speak to Israel's people. Tell them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Your ancestors insulted me when they did not serve me faithfully. 28I took them to the land which I had promised to give to them. But when they were there, they continued to offer sacrifices to idols. They did this on every high hill or under every green tree that they saw! They burned sweet incense and they poured out wine as offerings in all those places. That made me very angry. I asked them, ‘Why do you go to these high places?’ ” (That is why people still call them “high places”.) 30So say this to Israel's people. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Will you continue to make yourselves unclean in the way that your ancestors did? You are not faithful to me. Instead, you worship disgusting idols. 31You make yourselves unclean when you offer sacrifices to your idols. You burn your sons in fire as offerings. You still continue to do that! So should I allow you to come to me for help? I promise you this, as surely as I live: I will not allow you to come to me! That is what the Almighty Lord says.

Ezekiel 20:29 word by word

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מָ֣ה הַבָּמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם הַבָּאִ֖ים שָׁ֑ם וַיִּקָּרֵ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ בָּמָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the high placeבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• whereunto ye goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• And the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• thereof is calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• Bamahבָּמָהbâmâh · BamahH1117
• unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for Ezekiel 20:29

• Ezekiel 16:24In the public places of every town you built huts to worship your idols.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 20:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29What is the high place - הבמה מה mah habbamah, "what is the high place?" What is it good for? Its being a high place shows it to be a place of idolatry. I called it במה bamah, to mark it with infamy; but ye continue to frequent it, even while it is called במה bamah, to the present day!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 The probation in the land of Canaan from their entry to the day of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 20:27 Yet in this - It was an aggravation of their guilt that they defiled with idolatry the land given them for their glory. Ezekiel 20:29 Bamah - The Hebrew word for “high place.” Another instance of the perversion of God‘s laws. When the Israelites first entered Canaan they were to set up the “tabernacle” on a “high place,” and upon this and upon no other…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 The Jews persisted in rebellion after they settled in the land of Canaan. And these elders seem to have thought of uniting with the heathen. We make nothing by our profession if it be but a profession. There is nothing got by sinful compliances; and the carnal projects of hypocrites will stand them in no stead.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-31When they reached the promised land, the people of Israel continued to speak against and betray the Lord. Their idol worship and wickedness persisted until Ezekiel's time. The Lord would not answer such unfaithful people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. The next period, namely, that which followed the settlement in Canaan: the fathers of the generation existing in Ezekiel's time walked in the same steps of apostasy as the generation in the wilderness. Yet in this--Not content with past rebellions, and not moved with gratitude for God's goodness, "yet in this," still further they rebelled. blasphemed--"have insulted me" [Calvin]. Even those who did not sacrifice to heathen gods have offered "their…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 20:29

• Bamah

In the dictionaries

• High place
• Bamah
• Defile
• Purge
• God
• Grace
• Leviticus
• Salvation
• provoke, provoked, provocation

Commentaries on Ezekiel 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings