Exodus 5:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ The king replied, “You are lazy—nothing but lazy! That's why you keep asking me to let you go and sacrifice to your Lord. ¹⁸ Get back to work! You won't be given straw, but you must still make the same number of bricks.”

¹⁹ The men knew they were in deep trouble when they were ordered to make the same number of bricks each day.