Jeremiah 5:28

They are grown gross and fat: andhave most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

29Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul take revenge on such a nation?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Job 21:23One man dieth strong, and hale, rich and happy.

Psalms 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6dummy verses inserted by amos

Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

Proverbs 15:25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen 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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