28     and have grown fat and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
29 Should I not punish them for this?’
    declares the Lord.
‘Should I not avenge myself
    on such a nation as this?

30 ‘A horrible and shocking thing
    has happened in the land:

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