Exo 5:14, Isa 58:4, Amo 2:6-7, 8:4-6, Mic 3:2-3 | ESV | STEP | And the foremen of the people of Israel , whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked , Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday , as in the past ?

a[See ver. 13 above]

b[See ver. 4 above]

c[Lev. 25:39; 2 Kgs. 4:1]

d ch. 8:6

e Lam. 2:10

f ch. 5:12; Job 24:4; Isa. 10:2

g[1 Cor. 5:1]; See Ezek. 22:11

h[Ps. 14:4]

iSee Num. 28:11

j[Neh. 13:15, 16]

k Ezek. 45:10; Mic. 6:10, 11; See Hos. 12:7

m ch. 2:6

n[ver. 9]

o[Ezek. 34:3]

q[Ps. 14:4; Isa. 3:15]

Exodus 5:14

14 And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s ^ataskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

Isaiah 58:4

4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.

Amos 2:6-7

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

^b“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^cthey sell the righteous for ^dsilver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor ^einto the dust of the earth
and ^fturn aside the way of the afflicted;
^ga man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;

Amos 8:4-6

4 Hear this, ^hyou who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will ⁱthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And ^jthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^kthe ephah small and the shekel ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for ^msilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Micah 3:2-3

2 you ⁿwho hate the good and love the evil,
^owho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^qwho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.