Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
…because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
…if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,