Ezekiel 16:29

“Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan, &c.] Or, “with the land of Canaan”f225; with the inhabitants of it, doing the same evils, committing the same idolatries, as the old inhabitants of Canaan did; and so the Targum, “and thou hast multiplied thine idols, that thou mightest be joined to the people of Canaan:” or, “to the land of Canaan”f226; like to the land of Canaan; according to the abominations of the Canaanites, doing as they did. Jarchi takes the word Canaan to signify a “merchant”, as it does in (<281207>Hosea 12:7); and the land of Canaan to be the same with the land of Chaldea, called a land of traffic, and Babylon the city of merchants,…”

“multiplied . . . fornication in . . . Canaan unto Chaldea--Thou hast multiplied thy idolatries "in Canaan" by sending "unto Chaldea" to borrow from thence the Chaldean rites, to add to the abominations already practised "in Canaan," before the carrying away of Jehoiachin to Chaldea. The name "Canaan" is used to imply that they had made Judea as much the scene of abominations as it was in the days of the corrupt Canaanites. The land had become utterly Canaanitish (Eze 23:14, &c.).”

“In the land ... - Probably used in the restricted sense of the low lands on the coast of the western sea; occupied by Phoenician colonies. The children of Israel were brought into contact at first with pagans residing within their own borders. Then they extended their contact to foreign nations, trading and forming alliances with Chaldaea, and in so doing were attracted by the idolatries of those with whom they carried on commerce. Some render it: “with the merchants’ land, even with Chaldaea.” Compare Ezekiel 17:4. return to 'Top of Page'”

“in the land: Eze 13:14-23; Jdg 2:12-19; Kg2 21:9 unto: Eze 23:14-21 Ezekiel 16:30”