Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they might make it to prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 are become great, and waxen rich;

29Shall I not punish for these things? saith the 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 they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.

Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

Psalms 72:4May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

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

Proverbs 15:25The LORD will pluck 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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