'Hireling' in the Bible

“Is not man forced to labor on earth?And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

But now the Lord speaks, saying, “Within three years, as the years of a hired man [who will not serve longer than the agreed time], the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all the great population, and the remnant [that survives] will be very small and of no account.”

For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end;

“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.

The man runs because he is a hired hand [who serves only for wages] and is not concerned about the [safety of the] sheep.