The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.

The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?

“There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge,
Who eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God?

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But is terror to the workers of iniquity.

Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster
And does not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers
And against the help of the workers of iniquity.

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil.

The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.

Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

“Look among the nations! Observe!
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days—
You would not believe if you were told.

“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’

They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.

What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?

He was a widow’s son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work.