# For in ancient days I broke your yoke; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said, 'I will not serve!' "Long ago I released you from slavery, but still you refused to worship me!" The people of Israel had been slaves in Egypt. # fetters chains used to restrain a person or an animal # On every high hill and beneath every leafy tree you lay down as a prostitute "On every high hill and under every leafy tree you worshiped idols instead of me, like an adulterous wife who is unfaithful to her husband"