⁵ I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.^(A)
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.^(B)

⁸ On that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—
I will break his yoke from your neck^(A)
and tear off your chains,^(B)
and strangers will never again enslave him.^(C)