Jeremiah 5:28 “They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the w…”

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

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Cross references

“waxen”

Deuteronomy 32:15 Psalm 73:12 Psalm 119:70 Amos 4:1 Job 15:27 Job 15:28

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 73:12 · BSB

Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.

Psalm 119:70 · BSB

Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

Amos 4:1 · BSB

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Job 15:27 · BSB

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

Job 15:28 · BSB

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

“overpass”

Jeremiah 2:33 Ezekiel 16:47–52 1 Corinthians 5:1 Ezekiel 5:6 Ezekiel 5:7

Jeremiah 2:33 · BSB

How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

Ezekiel 16:47–52 · BSB

And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

1 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

Ezekiel 5:6 · BSB

But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’

Ezekiel 5:7 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nati…

“judge”

Isaiah 1:23 Zechariah 7:10 Jeremiah 22:15–19 Job 29:12–14 Psalm 72:4 Psalm 82:2–4

Isaiah 1:23 · BSB

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Zechariah 7:10 · BSB

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Jeremiah 22:15–19 · BSB

Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

Job 29:12–14 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Psalm 72:4 · BSB

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Psalm 82:2–4 · BSB

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

“yet”

Jeremiah 12:1 Job 12:6

Jeremiah 12:1 · BSB

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Job 12:6 · BSB

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Also

Jeremiah 7:6

Jeremiah 7:6 · BSB

if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

29Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

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