Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.

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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

27Just as a snare is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. As a result, they have become exalted and enriched.

29Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? Or shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation of this kind?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers are numerous, and they provoke God boldly; whereas, it is he who has given all things into their hands.

Job 21:23This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy.

Psalms 72:4For they have no respect for their death, nor do they have support in their wounds.

Psalms 73:6they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.

Psalms 82:2O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

Proverbs 15:25The Lord will demolish the house of the arrogant. And He will make firm the borders 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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