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This is an order given to Israel.
    It is a law of the God of Jacob.
He gave it as a covenant law for the people of Joseph.
    It was given when God went out to punish Egypt.
    There I heard a voice I didn’t recognize.

The voice said, “I removed the load from your shoulders.
    I set your hands free from carrying heavy baskets.

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this is a decree for Israel,
    an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(A)
When God went out against Egypt,(B)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:(C)

“I removed the burden(D) from their shoulders;(E)
    their hands were set free from the basket.

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