Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Context
28‘They are fat, they are sleek,
         They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
         They do not plead the cause,
         The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
         And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

29‘Shall I not punish these people?’ declares the LORD,
         ‘On a nation such as this
         Shall I not avenge Myself?’

30“An appalling and horrible thing
         Has happened in the land:

31The prophets prophesy falsely,
         And the priests rule on their own authority;
         And My people love it so!
         But what will you do at the end of it?



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