1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Jeremiah 11:13 *For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem, thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.

Jeremias 2:28.
Confusion. Thus he contemptuously denotes Baalim, Jeremias 3:24. (Calmet) --- Various idols were objects of adoration, (Haydock) so that no city or street, perhaps not any house, was pure, Jeremias 7:18., and 44:17., Isaias 65:11., and Ezechiel 16:25.