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# because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit
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See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:13](../06/13.md).
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# because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy
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The phrase "from the least to the greatest" shows that all the people of Judah are included in the phrase "all of them," regardless of how important they are. AT: "because all of them, including the least powerful, the most powerful, and everyone else, are greedy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# the least
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This refers to the least powerful and least important people. AT: "the least powerful people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# the greatest
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This refers to the most powerful and most important people. AT: "the greatest people" or "the most powerful people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# all of them
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"all of the people of Judah"
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# are greedy for dishonest gain
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The abstract noun "gain" can be expressed with the phrases "get more money" or "get more things." AT: "want to get more money by lying to people" or "strongly desire to get more things and will even trick people in order to get them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# all of them practice deceit
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"all of them deceive people" or "all of them are liars"
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