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## Should I consider a person to be innocent if he uses fraudulent scales, with a bag of deceptive weights ##
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Yahweh uses a question to emphasize that he considers guilty the person who deceives others in order to make more money. AT: "I certainly will consider a person guilty if he uses unfair scales and weights in order to cheat others and makes more money for himself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## The rich men are full of violence ##
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"The rich men take advantage of the poor"
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## the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful ##
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Both of these clauses mean the same thing and are combined for emphasis. AT: "all of you are liars" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]]) This should make an emotional impact on readers.
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