Ezekiel 20:28-30

Good News Translation

²⁸I brought them to the land I had promised to give them. When they saw the high hills and green trees, they offered sacrifices at all of them. They made me angry by the sacrifices they burned and by the wine they brought as offerings. ²⁹I asked them: What are these high places where you go? So they have been called ‘High Places’^[a] ever since. ³⁰Now tell the Israelites what I am saying: Why must you commit the same sins your ancestors did and go running after their idols?

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 20:29 Pagan places of worship which the Hebrews were forbidden to use. The Hebrew word translated “High Places” sounds like the Hebrew for “where you go.”