He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

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18 There the prisoners [a]rest together;
(A)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:18 are at ease

18 Therefore go now and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the quota of bricks.”

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‘Why(A) have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we (B)afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’

“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And [a]exploit all your laborers.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:3 Lit. drive hard

God Will Deliver Jerusalem

For thus the Lord has spoken to me:

(A)“As a lion roars,
And a young lion over his prey
(When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him,
He will not be afraid of their voice
Nor be disturbed by their noise),
So the Lord of hosts will come down
To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill.

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18 When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.

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13 And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.” 14 Also the (A)officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were (B)beaten and were asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as before?”

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why are you dealing thus with your servants? 16 There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And indeed your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”

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