Jer 5:28-29 | ESV | STEP | they have grown fat and sleek . They know no bounds in deeds of evil ; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless , to make it prosper , and they do not defend the rights of the needy .

Jeremiah 5:28-29

28 ^athey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^bthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
29 ^cShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”