Exodus 5:16-18

21st Century King James Version

¹⁶ There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick!’ And behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault is in thine own people.”

¹⁷ But he said, “Ye are idle, ye are idle! Therefore ye say, ‘Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.’

¹⁸ Go therefore now and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tally of bricks.”