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# General Information:
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The word "they" in these verses refers to the people of Israel.
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# Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues his message of judgment on the people of Israel.
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# They trample on the heads of the poor as people trample on dust on the ground
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How the people of Israel treated the poor is compared to how people step heavily on the ground (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# trample
repeatedly step heavily or roughly
# the poor
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This refers to poor people in general. Alternate translation: "poor people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# they push the oppressed away
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This idiom means they refused to listen when the oppressed people said they were being treated unfairly (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# the oppressed
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This refers to oppressed people in general. Alternate translation: "oppressed people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-nominaladj]])
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# go to the same girl
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This is a polite way of talking about having sexual relations. Alternate translation: "have sexual relations with the same girl" or "lie with the same girl" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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