Study it in the app“They have grown fat, they are sleek; they also go beyond the deeds of evil; the cause they do not plead, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the justice of the needy they do not defend.”
They have grown fat,שָׁמְנוּthey are sleek;עָשְׁתוּthey alsoגַּםgo beyondעָבְרוּthe deedsדִבְרֵיof evil;רָעthe causeדִּיןthey do notלֹאplead,דָנוּthe causeדִּיןof the fatherless,יָתוֹםthat they may prosper;וְיַצְלִיחוּand the justiceוּמִשְׁפַּטof the needyאֶבְיוֹנִיםthey do notלֹאdefend.שָׁפָטוּ
grow fat
Grow fat, become thick.
Where else “shamnu” appearsbe sleek
To look sleek from fatness, from eating well.
Where else “ashtu” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avru” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearscase
A matter before the judge.
Where else “din” appearsvindicate
To take up someone's cause, give them justice.
Where else “danu” appearsfatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appearsprosper
To go well, thrive.
Where else “yatslichu” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyonim” appearsjudge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shafatu” appears27Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.
28 · This verse (above)
29Shall I not punish for these things? declares YHWH. On a nation such as this shall my soul not avenge itself?
