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For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason
    and stripped the naked of their clothing.(A)
You have given no water to the weary to drink,
    and you have withheld bread from the hungry.(B)
The powerful possess the land,
    and the favored live in it.
You have sent widows away empty-handed,
    and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](C)

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  1. 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed

You demanded security(A) from your relatives for no reason;(B)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(C)
You gave no water(D) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(E)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(F)
    an honored man,(G) living on it.(H)
And you sent widows(I) away empty-handed(J)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(K)

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