Jeremiah 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Shine - the effect of fatness on the skin (Deuteronomy 32:15). They live a life of self indulgence.

They overpass the deeds of the wicked - exceed even the Gentiles in wickedness (Jeremiah 2:10-11; Ezekiel 5:6-7, "She hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations").

Judge not the cause ... fatherless - (Isaiah 1:23).

Yet they prosper - (Jeremiah 12:1).

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.