⁵ So I will go to the leaders^(A)
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
    and torn off the bonds.^(B)

⁸ “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke^(A) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;^(B)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.^(C)