Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.