Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad - by lying predictions of calamities impending over the godly.
Whom I have not made sad - against whom I have pronounced no sentence of calamity.
Strengthened the hands of the wicked - (Jeremiah 23:14. "They strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none cloth return from his wickedness").
Ye have made the heart of ... righteous ... hands of ... wicked. Heart is applied to the righteous, because the terrors foretold penetrated to their in-most heart and feelings; hands, to the wicked, because they were so hardened as not only to despise God in their minds, but also to manifest it in their whole acts, the works of their hands, as if avowedly waging war with Him.