27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them: This is what the Lord God says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by(A) committing treachery against Me: 28 When I brought them into the land that I swore[a] to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree,(B) they offered their sacrifices and presented their offensive offerings there. They also sent up their pleasing aromas and poured out their drink offerings there.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:28 Lit lifted My hand

16 They turn, but not to what is above;[a]
they are like a faulty bow.(A)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.(B)
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:16 Some emend to turn to what is useless

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