Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Berean Standard Bible

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

27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

29Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Job 21:23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Proverbs 15:25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries 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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