And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in an evil place, after it was said, You shall not diminish anything from your bricks of your daily task.
And the amount of the bricks, which they did make beforehand, you shall lay upon them; you shall not diminish anything from it: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of those that were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards it; and there is one higher than they.