“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”
Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.
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