Ezekiel 16:24 “you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every p…”

Ezekiel 16:24

you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

World English Bible

“that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street.

American Standard Version

that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast also built vnto thee an hie place, and hast made thee an hie place in euery streete.

Darby Translation

that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery, and didst make thee a high place in every street:

Young's Literal Translation

That thou dost build to thee an arch, And dost make to thee a high place in every broad place.

Bible in Basic English

That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.

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Cross references

“thou hast”

Ezekiel 16:31 Ezekiel 16:39 2 Kings 21:3–7 2 Kings 23:5–7 2 Chronicles 33:3–7 Ezekiel 20:28

Ezekiel 16:31 · BSB

But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

Ezekiel 16:39 · BSB

Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will level your mounds and tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.

2 Kings 21:3–7 · BSB

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 23:5–7 · BSB

Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to th…

2 Chronicles 33:3–7 · BSB

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

Ezekiel 20:28 · BSB

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured…

“and hast”

Psalm 78:58 Isaiah 57:7 Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 3:2 Leviticus 26:30 Isaiah 57:5

Psalm 78:58 · BSB

They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.

Isaiah 57:7 · BSB

On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

Jeremiah 2:20 · BSB

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

Leviticus 26:30 · BSB

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

Isaiah 57:5 · BSB

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,

25At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

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