- You demanded security from your brothers for no reason; you stripped men of their clothing, leaving them naked.
- You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,
- though you were a powerful man, owning land-- an honored man, living on it.
- And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.
- That is why snares are all around you, why sudden peril terrifies you,
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- "For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
- "To the weary you have given no water to drink, And from the hungry you have withheld bread.
- "But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it.
- "You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
- "Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you,
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