Jer 23:14 | 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; Is 1:10).