11 We hoped to be the head and have become the tail: We have toiled laboriously and had no satisfaction in our toil; And we have become the food of the sinners and the unrighteous, And they have laid their yoke heavily upon us. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 103:11
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Book of Enoch 95:6–7
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Book of Enoch 103:14–15
14 And we complained to the rulers in our tribulation, And cried out against those who devoured us, But they did not attend to our cries And would not hearken to our voice. (ENO) 15 And they helped those who robbed us and devoured us and those who made us few; and they co… (ENO)
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