Jeremiah 5:28
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
שָׁמְנוּshamenuthey have become fatH8080עָשְׁתוּ'ashetuthey have become smoothH6245גַּםgamalsoH1571עָבְרוּ'averuthey have transgressedH5674דִבְרֵי־divrei-matters ofH1697רָעra'evilH7451דִּיןdina causeH1779לֹא־lo'-notH3808דָנוּdanuthey have pleadedH1777דִּיןdin[the] cause ofH1779יָתוֹםyatom[the] fatherlessH3490וְיַצְלִיחוּveyatzlichuso they may have successH6743וּמִשְׁפַּטumishpatand [the] justice ofH4941אֶבְיוֹנִים'evyonimneedy [people]H34לֹאlo'notH3808שָׁפָטוּ׃shafatuthey have judgedH8199
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