1
Yerushalayim is compared with Sedom and Amorah because of arrogance, sexual corruption, bloodshed, robbery, idolatry, and forgetfulness of the Creator.
2
The city that bears the Name is judged more severely because its calling was greater.
3
Idols cannot rise with their worshipers or save them when Judgment comes.
4
The warning insists that the Holy Place does not protect those who profane it through violence and corruption.