en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jer/22/17.md

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there is nothing in your eyes and heart except worry ... crushing of others

Here "eyes" is a metonym for seeing and "heart" is a metonym for thinking. Alternate translation: "you never look for or think about anything except ... crushing of others" or "you only look for and think about ways to cheat others and pour out innocent blood, and to oppress and crush others" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublenegatives)

unjust profit

This is getting money by cheating or by using unfair means.

pouring out innocent blood

Here "pouring out ... blood" is associated with murder, and "blood" refers to the murdered people. Alternate translation: "murdering innocent people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)

crushing of others

"doing violence to others in order to get money"