Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

29Shall I not visite for these things, sayth the Lord? or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?

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Cross References

Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

Job 21:23One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.

Psalms 72:4He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall subdue the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.

Psalms 82:2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 15:25The Lord will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.

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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