Jeremiah 5:28

They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

Young's Literal Translation

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 full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

29For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

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Cross References

Job 12:6At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

Job 21:23This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

Psalms 72:4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

Psalms 73:6Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Psalms 82:2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

Proverbs 15:25The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up 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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