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We must pay for the water we drink;
    the wood we get must be bought.
With a yoke[a] on our necks we are hard driven;
    we are weary; we are given no rest.(A)
We have made a pact with[b] Egypt and Assyria
    to get enough bread.(B)

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  1. 5.5 Symmachus: Heb lacks With a yoke
  2. 5.6 Heb have given the hand to