Ezekiel 20:28
Good News Translation
I 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.

New Revised Standard Version
For when I had brought them into the land that I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing odors, and there they poured out their drink offerings.

Contemporary English Version
by offering sacrifices, incense, and wine to gods on every hill and under every large tree. I was very angry, because they did these things in the land I had given them!

New American Bible
When I brought them to the land I had sworn to give them, and they saw all its high hills and leafy trees, there they offered sacrifices, there they made offerings to provoke me, there they sent up sweet-smelling oblations, there they poured out their libations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

when I

Joshua 23:3,4,14 And you see all that the Lord your God hath done to all the nations round about, how he himself hath fought for you: . . .

Nehemiah 9:22-26 And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan. . . .

Psalm 78:55-58 And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles. . . .

the which

Ezekiel 20:6,15 In that day I lifted up my hand for them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which excelled amongst all lands. . . .

Genesis 15:18-21 That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river to Egypt even to the great river Euphrates. . . .

Genesis 26:3,4 And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father. . . .

Psalm 105:8-11 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. . . .

they saw

Ezekiel 6:13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain shall be amongst your idols, round about your altars, in every high hill, and on all the tops of mountains, and under every woody tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they burnt sweet smelling frankincense to all their idols.

Psalm 78:58 They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

Isaiah 57:5-7 Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks? . . .

Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: and when ye entered in, you defiled my land and made my inheritance an abomination.

Jeremiah 3:6 And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.

their sweet

Ezekiel 16:19 And my bread which I gave thee, the fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast set before them for a sweet odour; and it was done, saith the Lord God.

Context
Israel's Rebellion in the Land
27Wherefore speak to the house of Israel, O son of man, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Moreover in this also your fathers blaspheme me, when they had despised and contemned me; 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.…
Cross References
Joshua 23:3
And you see all that the Lord your God hath done to all the nations round about, how he himself hath fought for you:

Joshua 23:14
Behold this day I am going into the way of all the earth, and you shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the Lord promised to perform for you, not one hath failed,

1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree:

Nehemiah 9:22
And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.

Psalm 78:55
And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Psalm 78:57
And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.

Psalm 78:58
They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.

Isaiah 57:5
Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks?

Isaiah 65:7
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, who have sacrificed upon the mountains, and have reproached me upon the hills; and I will measure back their first work in their bosom.

Jeremiah 2:7
And I brought you into the land of Carmel, to eat the fruit thereof, and the best things thereof: and when ye entered in, you defiled my land and made my inheritance an abomination.

Jeremiah 3:6
And the Lord said to me in the days of king Josias: Hast thou seen what rebellious Israel hath done? she hath gone of herself upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.

Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be unclean as the place of Topheth: all the houses upon whose roofs they have sacrificed to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to strange gods.

Ezekiel 6:13
And you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain shall be amongst your idols, round about your altars, in every high hill, and on all the tops of mountains, and under every woody tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they burnt sweet smelling frankincense to all their idols.

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

Ezekiel 20:29
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 20:27
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