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They cheat orphans and widows
by taking their donkeys
    and oxen.
The poor are trampled
and forced to hide
    in the desert,
where they and their children
must live like wild donkeys
    and search for food.

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They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy(B) from the path
    and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.

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