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Ezekiel 16

Ezek. 16:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That thou hast also built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee an λeminent place
gab (Hebrew #1354)
the back (as rounded (compare 1460 and 1479); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV usage: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring.
Pronounce: gab
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve
, and hastz made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
thee an high place
ramah (Hebrew #7413)
a height (as a seat of idolatry)
KJV usage: high place.
Pronounce: raw-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of 7311
in every street
rchob (Hebrew #7339)
from 7337; a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
KJV usage: broad place (way), street. See also 1050.
Pronounce: rekh-obe'
Origin: or rchowb {rekh-obe'}
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or, brothel house.
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Jer. 3:2• 2Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness. (Jer. 3:2)

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thou hast.
Ezek. 16:31,39• 31in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest reward,
 39and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (Ezek. 16:31,39)
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Ezek. 20:28‑29• 28When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them, then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; and there they placed their sweet savour, and there poured out their drink-offerings.
 29And I said unto them, What is the high place whither ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. (Ezek. 20:28‑29)
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2 Kings 21:3‑7• 3And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
 4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
 5And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
 6And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and used magic and divination, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
 7And he set the graven image of the Asherah that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; (2 Kings 21:3‑7)
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2 Kings 23:5‑7,11‑12• 5And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
 6And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the torrent of Kidron, and burned it at the torrent of Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people.
 7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.
 11And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.
 12And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron. (2 Kings 23:5‑7,11‑12)
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2 Chron. 33:3‑7• 3And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.
 4And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
 5And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
 6He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
 7And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever; (2 Chron. 33:3‑7)
eminent place.
or, brothel house.
and hast.
Lev. 26:30• 30And I will lay waste your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. (Lev. 26:30)
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Psa. 78:58• 58And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:58)
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Isa. 57:5,7• 5inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
 7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice. (Isa. 57:5,7)
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Jer. 2:20• 20For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot. (Jer. 2:20)
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Jer. 3:2• 2Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness. (Jer. 3:2)
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Jer. 17:3• 3My mountain in the field, thy substance, all thy treasures will I give for a spoil,--thy high places, because of sin throughout thy borders. (Jer. 17:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "arched place"; and so vers. 31,39.