Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.

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In The King James Version

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

In Context

27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

29Shall I not visit for these things? says LORD. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Job 21:23One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.

Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 15:25LORD will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:26-31

Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet… Read the whole commentary →

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