John Gill, on Ezek 16:23

“And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe to thee, saith the Lord God)”

“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place,.... Or a "brothel" (k); and so the Septuagint version, "a whoring house"; not content to commit idolatry privately, they built a public place for idolatrous worship. The Targum renders it, "altar", The word has the signification of a pit or ditch; with which compare Pro 22:14; and hast made thee an high place in every street; of Jerusalem, and other cities; it was usual to erect high places in streets, where altars were built, and idols set up to be worshipped: it denotes the public manner in which they committed idolatry, and the multitude of their idols; which shows their impudence and hardness of heart. (k) , Sept. "lupanar", V. L. "prostibulum", so some in Starckius.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.