“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. ¹  You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. ¹  You must not withhold ²  the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

“‘No lay person ¹  may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger ²  nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,

and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt ¹  when they eat their holy offerings, ²  for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; ¹  he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

He must be with the one who bought him ¹  like a yearly hired worker. ²  The one who bought him ³  must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

And you may ¹  eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

Samson said to them, ¹  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ² 

Samson said to them, “Because you did this, ¹  I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.” ² 

He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, ¹  “He hired me and I became his priest.”

“Does not humanity have hard service ¹  on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? ² 

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. ¹  He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. ²  The one who lives like this ³  will never be upended.

For this is what the sovereign master ¹  has told me: “Within exactly one year ²  all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

I will surely punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!” ¹ 

I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this! ¹ 

I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!” ¹ 

Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the Lord our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple. ¹ 

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines ¹  have exacted merciless revenge, ²  showing intense scorn ³  in their effort to destroy Judah ⁴  with unrelenting hostility. ⁵ 

I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. ¹  Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.’”