"Behold,we are slavestoday,And as to the landwhichYou gaveto our fathersto eatof its fruitand its bounty,Behold,we are slavesin it.
"But they will becomehis slavesso that they may learn[the difference between] My serviceand the serviceof the kingdomsof the countries."
"For we are slaves;yet in our bondageour Godhas not forsakenus, but has extendedlovingkindnessto us in the sightof the kingsof Persia,to giveus revivingto raiseup the houseof our God,to restoreits ruinsand to giveus a wallin Judahand Jerusalem.
We have to payfor our drinkingwater,Our woodcomes[to us] at a price.
Our pursuersare at our necks;We are wornout, there is norestfor us.
therefore you shall serveyour enemieswhomthe LORDwill sendagainst you, in hunger,in thirst,in nakedness,and in the lackof allthings;and He will putan ironyokeon your neckuntilHe has destroyedyou.
