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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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:29 Hebrew Bamah, which became its name
  2. Ezekiel 20:29 Literally “it is called name its”
  3. Ezekiel 20:30 Or “fathers”
  4. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “at to lift up your gifts at causing to pass over your children”
  5. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “the day”
  6. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”
  7. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “Live I”
  8. Ezekiel 20:31 Literally “declaration of”
  9. Ezekiel 20:31 Hebrew “me”