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They chase away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox ·when she has no money [L as a pledge; Deut. 24:6, 10–13, 17].
They push needy people off the path;
    all the poor of the land hide from them.
The poor become like wild donkeys in the ·desert [wilderness]
    who go about their ·job of finding food [L work].
    ·The desert gives them [L In the desert they forage for] food for their children.

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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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