en_tn_condensed/ezk/16/23.md

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Yahweh continues to speak about Jerusalem as if the city were his unfaithful wife. The city represents the people who live there. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 5:11. AT: "this is what the Lord Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, the Lord Yahweh, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)

you built yourself a vaulted chamber in every public place

Possible meanings are that she built a place where 1) she could worship her idols or 2) she could practice her prostitution.

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