Ezekiel 16:16

High places] the seats of ancient Canaanite worship, retained by the Israelites for the worship of the true God, but perverted to their old uses: see Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 6:13.

20, 21. Human sacrifice was not unknown in early Israel: see on Genesis 22:1; Judges 11:30, and was introduced in later times by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 28:3) and Manasseh (2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chronicles 3:6). It was also practised in the northern kingdom (2 Kings 17:17).

24, 25. Besides the high places throughout the land, idolatrous shrines were established in the streets of Jerusalem.