4 Indeed the wages that you kept back by fraud from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying, and the cries of those who harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth and have been wayward. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.
7 Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.
8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawing near.
9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 My brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.