Ezekiel 20:29
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And I said to them: What meaneth the high place to which you go? and the name thereof was called High-place even to this day.

Ezekiel 16:24,25,31 That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street. . . .

Context
Israel's Rebellion in the Land
28And I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it them: they saw every high hill, and every shady tree, and there they sacrificed their victims: and there they presented the provocation of their offerings, and there they set their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations. 29And I said to them: What meaneth the high place to which you go? and the name thereof was called High-place even to this day.30Wherefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Verily, you are defiled in the way of your fathers, and you commit fornication with their abominations.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:24
That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street.

Ezekiel 20:28
And I had brought them into the land, for which I lifted up my hand to give it them: they saw every high hill, and every shady tree, and there they sacrificed their victims: and there they presented the provocation of their offerings, and there they set their sweet odours, and poured forth their libations.

Ezekiel 20:30
Wherefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: Verily, you are defiled in the way of your fathers, and you commit fornication with their abominations.

Lexicon
So I asked them:
וָאֹמַ֣ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

What
מָ֣ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is this high place
הַבָּמָ֔ה (hab·bā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1116: An elevation

to which
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you
אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

go?’
הַבָּאִ֖ים (hab·bā·’îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

(And to
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

day
הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

it is called
וַיִּקָּרֵ֤א (way·yiq·qā·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Bamah.)
בָּמָ֔ה (bā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1117: Bamah -- a high place (for idols) in Israel


Additional Translations
So I asked them: What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)Then I said to them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah to this day.

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

And I said to them, What is Abama, that ye go in thither? and they called its name Abama, until this day.

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

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

Then I said to them, What is the high place to which ye go? and its name is called Bamah to this day.

Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.

And I say unto them: What is the high place whither ye are going in? And its name is called 'high place' to this day.
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