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28 and have grown fat and sleek.
There is no limit[a] to their evil deeds.
    They don’t argue the case of the orphan to secure[b] justice.
        They don’t defend the rights of[c] the poor.
29 ‘Should I not punish them for this?’[d]
    asks the Lord.
‘Should I not avenge myself
    on a nation like this?’

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

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. pass over; or transgress
  2. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. win
  3. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. judge justly
  4. Jeremiah 5:29 Or punish these people