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Amos is speaking to the wealthy merchants who harm those who are poor.
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# you who trample the needy and remove the poor of the land
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This can be restated to remove the nominal adjectives "the needy" and "the poor." Alternate translation: "you who trample those who are in need and remove those in the land that are poor" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# you who trample
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Harming people is spoken of as if it were stomping on people. Alternate translation: "you who harm" or "you who oppress" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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