^13 (A)“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. ^(B)The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

⁴ Behold, ^(A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^(B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^(C)the Lord of hosts.

⁵ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^(A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^(B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^(C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

¹⁴ “You shall not ^(A)oppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns. ^15 (B)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), ^(C)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

¹⁹ You know the commandments: ^(A)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

²⁹ The people of the land ^(A)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^(B)have extorted from the sojourner without justice.

³ Thus says the Lord: ^(A)Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And ^(B)do no wrong or violence ^(C)to the resident alien, ^(D)the fatherless, and the widow, nor ^(E)shed innocent blood in this place.