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Jeremiah 5:28-30
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 5:28-30
International Standard Version
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:
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. pass over; or transgress
- Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. win
- Jeremiah 5:28 Lit. judge justly
- Jeremiah 5:29 Or punish these people
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