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Orphans are snatched from the breast,
    infants of the needy are taken in pledge.[a]
10 They go about naked, without clothing,
    and famished, they carry the sheaves.[b]
11 Between the rows they press out the oil;
    they tread the wine presses, yet are thirsty.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:9 This verse continues the description of the plight of the poor in vv. 2–4, and may belong there.
  2. 24:10 This verse is a variant of v. 7, and may be an erroneous scribal repetition.