28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.

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  1. Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook

28     (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
    (B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
    and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

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28     and have grown fat(A) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(B)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(C)

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