Jeremiah 5:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

waxen fat. Reference to Pentateuch, (the same word as in Deuteronomy 32:15).

the wicked. a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

the fatherless. an orphan.

yet they prosper: or, that they [the fatherless] should prosper. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19).

the needy. needy ones.

Jeremiah 5:28

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 they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.