“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Al
Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the si
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.