“Behold, the hire of the laborers 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 (Lord of hosts)." (James 5:4)
The work mentioned by James was manual labor in the heat of summer. It was hard, hot work. It was from sun up until sun down. The employers were apparently getting rich from holding back the honest wages of the workers. The Lord of sabaoth or Lord of hosts was the Lord over the armies of heaven. At God’s command the armies of heaven could bring swift retribution to those dishonest employers.
The Law of Moses forbad keeping one’s pay beyond the pay period agreed upon. “At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.” (Deuteronomy 24:15)
An old saying is, “Give a honest day’s labor for a honest day’s wages.”
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