Ezekiel 16:24

That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place ,.... Or a "brothel" F11 גב οικημα πορνικον , Sept. "lupanar", V. L. "prostibulum", so some in Starckius. ; 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 Proverbs 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.