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Jeremiah 5:28 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 5 · verse 28 · 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.Jeremiah 5:28 · King James Version
Jeremiah 5:28 in context
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28They 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.
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
Key words (Strong's)
- fatherlessyâthôwma bereaved personH3490 →
- overpassʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- prospertsâlachto push forward, in various sensesH6743 →
- wickedraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- shineʻâshathprobably to be sleekH6245 →
- deedsdâbâra wordH1697 →
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