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# They deprive the needy of justice, rob the poor of my people of their rights
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: "They are unjust to the poor and needy among my people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# the needy
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"poor people"
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# plunder widows
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"take everything from women whose husbands have died"
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# make the fatherless their prey
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Isaiah compares orphans to animals that other animals hunt and eat. This emphasizes that orphans are powerless and judges can easily harm them. Alternate translation: "harm children who do not have parents like an animal that goes after its prey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# prey
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Translated "prey" as in [Isaiah 5:29](../05/29.md).
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