28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah 5 continues the Lord’s indictment against Judah through the prophet Jeremiah, intensifying the case for judgment. God challenges Jeremiah to find even one person in Jerusalem who acts justly and seeks truth—if he can, God will relent. The search fails, revealing a city a
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