Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.

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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 deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

29“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

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

Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

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

Proverbs 15:25The LORD will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

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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