Withheld wages cry out

Rich Oppressors Judgment Near · James 5

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1Come now, you rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that are coming upon you.

2Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.

3Your gold and silver have rusted, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

4Look, the wages of the workers who harvested your fields, which have been withheld by you, are crying out, and the cries of those who did the harvesting have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

5You have lived in luxury on the earth and indulged yourselves; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

6You condemned, you murdered the righteous one. He does not resist you.

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