Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 16:29

"Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith." — Ezekiel 16:29 (ASV)

In the land of Canaan to Chaldea. —Canaan was originally the name of only that strip of land between the hills and the sea occupied by the Phoenicians, in other words, the lowlands. From there, it became extended over the whole land. It is thought by some writers to revert here to its original meaning and be equivalent to the low, flat land.

The expression will become clearer if translated, “the Canaan land Chaldea.” The word, however, also bears the meaning of traffic, commerce (Isaiah 23:8; Hosea 12:7; Zephaniah 1:11), and in this sense is applied to Babylon in Ezekiel 17:4, and this is the better meaning here. The idea will then be that Israel, beginning its idolatries in the actual Canaan, had extended them along with her commercial intercourse on every side, until at last she had carried them even to Chaldea, the great commercial emporium of the time.