23:14 they commit adultery . . . his evil. Right belief and right action are inseparable in the Old Testament; it is no accident that those who have not heard God’s word actively encourage evil. See 29:21–23.

like Sodom . . . like Gomorrah. See 20:16; Is. 1:9 and notes. The comparison of Jerusalem to Sodom and Gomorrah is shocking.