Jeremiah 5:28

and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6Even as many as provoke the Lord, 1 As if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them. 1

Job 21:23One shall die in his perfect strength, 1 And wholly at ease and prosperous; 1

Psalms 72:4For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: 1 And they have firmness under their affliction. 1

Psalms 73:6They cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; 1 They have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. 1

Psalms 82:2O God, who shall be compared to thee? 1 Be not silent, neither be still, O God. 1

Proverbs 15:25The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; 1 But he establishes the border of the widow. 1

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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