About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.

百姓和他们的妻大大呼号，埋怨他们的弟兄犹大人。

百姓和他们的妻子大大呼号，埋怨他们的弟兄犹太人。

百姓和他们的妻子大大呼号，埋怨他们的弟兄犹太人。

那时，民众和他们的妻子都抱怨他们的犹太同胞。

那时，民众和他们的妻子大声呼冤，控告自己的同胞犹大人。

百姓和他們的妻大大呼號，埋怨他們的弟兄猶大人。

百姓和他們的妻子大大呼號，埋怨他們的弟兄猶太人。

百姓和他們的妻子大大呼號，埋怨他們的弟兄猶太人。

那時，民眾和他們的妻子都抱怨他們的猶太同胞。

那時，民眾和他們的妻子大聲呼冤，控告自己的同胞猶大人。

那時有人民和他們的妻子大大哀叫、埋怨他們的族弟兄猶大人。

維時、民與其婦號呼、怨其同宗猶大人、

匹夫匹婦號呼、怨其同宗猶大人、

民與其妻大號呼、怨其同族猶大人、

Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews.

Some men and their wives cried out against their Jewish brothers and sisters.

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.

Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.

And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.

They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention. He hears the cries of the needy.

“ If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would.If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.

“ If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,

Then the Lord told him,“ I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.

“ But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard hearted or tightfisted toward them.Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.Do not be mean spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the Lord, you will be considered guilty of sin.Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

“ The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker.‘ Men,’ he said,‘ you are brothers. Why are you fighting each other?’

But instead, one believer sues another— right in front of unbelievers!Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?Instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your fellow believers.

Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

“ If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.

For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.