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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:28 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 5:28 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
shine--the effect of fatness on the skin (Deu 32:15). They live a life of self-indulgence.
overpass . . . the wicked--exceed even the Gentiles in wickedness (Jer 2:33; Eze 5:6-7).
judge not . . . fatherless-- (Isa 1:23).
yet . . . prosper-- (Jer 12:1). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Overpass - They go beyond the Heathens themselves in wickedness. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They judge not the cause, yet they prosper - Perhaps we might be justified in translating, "And shall they prosper?" |
1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.