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# They speak empty words
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Here "empty words" refers to lies. Alternate translation: "They speak lies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# So justice springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field
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What they people called justice in their laws and legal decisions is spoken of as if it were a plant sprouting up. Alternate translation: "So their decisions are not just; instead, they are harmful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field
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Their lies and injustice spread throughout their nation and harm everyone like poisonous plants. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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