^9 (A)For we were slaves. ^(B)Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but ^(C)He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us ^(D)a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in ^(A)hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He ^(B)will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

⁸ Nevertheless ^(A)they will be his servants, that they may distinguish ^(B)My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.”