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Jeremiah 5:28

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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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Jeremiah 5:28 in other translations

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Jeremiah 5:28 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 5:28 in context

  1. 26For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
  2. 27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
  3. 28They 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.
  4. 29“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  5. 30“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.