“Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”
Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty — the citation of Deuteronomy 24:15 establishes that withheld wages constitute a violation of covenant law. The wages themselves 'cry out' (boaō), suggesting that injustice is vocal and reaches God's ears. The withholding of just payment to laborers is especially egregious in a society where wage-earners are vulnerable. The 'Lord of Hosts' (Kyrios Sabaōth) emphasizes God's power to judge and vindicate the oppressed.
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