Jeremiah 5:28
They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.This verse in the real world
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- עָשַׁתʻâshathprobably to be sleek, i.e. glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as
- שָׁמַןshâmanto shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
- דִּיןdîynjudgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
- דִּיןdîyna straight course, i.e. sail direct
- יָתוֹםyâthôwma bereaved person
- אֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwndestitute
- צָלַחtsâlachto push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
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