Jer 23:14, Hos 6:10 | JFB | STEP | 14. "Jerusalem" and Judah were even worse than "Samaria" and the ten tribes; the greater were the privileges of the former, the greater was their guilt. They had the temple in their midst, which the ten tribes had not; yet in the temple itself they practised idolatry. strengthen . . . hands of evildoers — ( ). as Sodom

Jeremiah 23:14

14. "Jerusalem" and Judah were even worse than "Samaria" and the ten tribes; the greater were the privileges of the former, the greater was their guilt. They had the temple in their midst, which the ten tribes had not; yet in the temple itself they practised idolatry.

strengthen . . . hands of evildoers— (Eze 13:22).

as Sodom— (De 32:32; Isa 1:10).

Hosea 6:10

10. horrible thing— (Jer 5:30; 18:13; 23:14).

whoredom—idolatry.