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For a crime wave has engulfed us—landmarks are moved, flocks of sheep are stolen, and even the donkeys of the poor and fatherless are taken. Poor widows must surrender the little they have as a pledge to get a loan. The needy are kicked aside; they must get out of the way.

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There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(C)
They thrust the needy(D) from the path
    and force all the poor(E) of the land into hiding.(F)

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