the present literary approach recognizes the extra weight of the words but appreciates them for providing a graphic visual whose inelegance draws attention to itself. That is, the unwieldy syntax emphasizes the pitiless domination suffered by the poor in Israel. The rest of the book is rich in its vivid vocabulary of oppression. In the second clause, the second charge is against those who thrust aside the way of the afflicted. Again, there is no explicit subject, so one may assume that the perpetrators