Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Jeremiah 5:28
shine—the effect of fatness on the skin (Deuteronomy 32:15). They live a life of self-indulgence.
overpass . . . the wicked—exceed even the Gentiles in wickedness (Jeremiah 2:33; Ezekiel 5:6-7).
judge not . . . fatherless— (Isaiah 1:23).
yet . . . prosper— (Jeremiah 12:1).
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