Jer 5:28 | HCSB | STEP | They have become fat and sleek . They have also excelled in evil matters . They have not taken up cases , such as the case of the fatherless , so they might prosper , and they have not defended the rights of the needy .

b Deut 24:14; Jb 29:16; 30:25; 31:19; Ps 82:3-4; 140:12; Pr 14:31; 31:9; Isa 1:23; Zch 7:10; Ac 4:34

Jeremiah 5:28

28 They have become fat ^a and sleek.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy. ^b