Jeremiah 7:24-26 — Israel 'did worse than their fathers,' a qualitative moral judgment, not merely a count of more sins.

Jeremiah describes persistent rebellion from the Exodus onward, culminating in the statement that this generation 'did worse than their fathers.' This language implies a qualitative moral escalation. If all sin were identical, one could only speak of 'more sins,' not 'worse sins.' Mike notes that even quantity would collapse if logically followed — a thousand murders would have to equal one murder if the individual acts are all identical.