Ezekiel 20:29 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 20:29

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

What is the high place - מה הבמה 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!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are wedded to their high places; even in the best reigns those were not taken away; you could not prevail to take away the name of Bamah--the high place, out of their mouths, but still they would have that in the place of their worship. The sin and the sinner are with difficulty parted.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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 sacrifices" (Eze 20:28) in forbidden places.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David and others, it is true, sacrificed to God on high places, but it was under exceptional circumstances, and before the altar was set up on Mount Moriah.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַ֣ר	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	'a.le.Hem	to them	H413 →
מָ֣ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
הַבָּמָ֔ה	ha.ba.Mah	[is] the high place	H1116 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	where	H834 →
אַתֶּ֥ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
הַבָּאִ֖ים	ha.ba.'Im	[are] the [ones who] go	H935 →
שָׁ֑ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
וַיִּקָּרֵ֤א	vai.yi.ka.Re'	and it has been called	H7121 →
שְׁמָהּ֙	she.Mah	name its	H8034 →
בָּמָ֔ה	ba.Mah	Bamah	H1117 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1116habamah[is] the high place102×

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 16:33–34
  Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
- Isaiah 52:3
  For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
- Ezekiel 16:39
  Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and…
- Hosea 12:11
  Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Ezekiel 16:24–25
  you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Ezekiel