Jeremiah 5:28
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
שָׁפַט
they have judged
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שָׁפַט
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
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עָבַר
they have transgressed
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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רַע
evil
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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עָשַׁת
they have become smooth
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עָשַׁת
probably to be sleek, i.e. glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind)
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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דִּין
a cause
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דִּין
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
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שָׁמַן
they have become fat
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שָׁמַן
to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
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דִּין
they have pleaded
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דִּין
a straight course, i.e. sail direct
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יָתוֹם
the fatherless
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יָתוֹם
a bereaved person
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