Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and shine; Yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked; They maintain no cause, No cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; And the right of the needy do they not defend.

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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

27As a cage is full of birds, So are their houses full of fraud. Therefore are they grown great and rich;

29Shall I not punish for these things, saith Jehovah? Shall I not be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tents of robbers are in prosperity, And they who provoke God are secure, Who carry their God in their hand.

Job 21:23One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;

Psalms 72:4He shall defend the oppressed of the people; He shall save the needy, And break in pieces the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride encircleth their neck as a collar; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Psalms 82:2“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? [[Pause.]]

Proverbs 15:25The LORD destroyeth 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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