29 (I said to them, (A)‘What is the high place to which you go?’ So its name is called Bamah[a] to this day.)

30 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (B)Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go (C)whoring after their detestable things? 31 When you present your gifts and (D)offer up your children in fire,[b] you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And (E)shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? (F)As I live, declares the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

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  1. Ezekiel 20:29 Bamah means high place
  2. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew and make your children pass through the fire

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)

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  1. Ezekiel 20:29 Bamah means high place.