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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• 2{i}Lift 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.{/i} (Jer. 3:2)

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thou hast.
Ezek. 16:31,39• 31in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
 39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (Ezek. 16:31,39)
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Ezek. 20:28‑29• 28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation to their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
 29Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto 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• 3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, 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, which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
 5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger.
 7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which Jehovah said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever: (2 Kings 21:3‑7)
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2 Kings 23:5‑7,11‑12• 5{i}And 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.{/i}
 6{i}And 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.{/i}
 7{i}And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.{/i}
 11{i}And 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.{/i}
 12{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Kings 23:5‑7,11‑12)
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2 Chron. 33:3‑7• 3{i}And 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.{/i}
 4{i}And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.{/i}
 5{i}And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.{/i}
 6{i}He 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.{/i}
 7{i}And 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 forever;{/i} (2 Chron. 33:3‑7)
eminent place.
or, brothel house.
and hast.
Lev. 26:30• 30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses 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,{HR}And moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psa. 78:58)
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Isa. 57:5,7• 5inflaming yourselves among the oaks under every green tree; slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
 7Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. (Isa. 57:5,7)
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Jer. 2:20• 20{i}For 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.{/i} (Jer. 2:20)
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Jer. 3:2• 2{i}Lift 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.{/i} (Jer. 3:2)
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Jer. 17:3• 3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)