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They are drenched with rain from the mountains,
    and for want of shelter they cling to the rock.
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]

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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.

They are drenched(A) by mountain rains
    and hug(B) the rocks for lack of shelter.(C)
The fatherless(D) child is snatched(E) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized(F) for a debt.(G)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(H)
    they carry the sheaves,(I) but still go hungry.

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