Exodus 5:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ You have not given straw to your servants, but you tell them to make bricks. Your servants are beaten and it is the fault of your own people.” ¹⁷ He answered, “You are lazy, lazy! This is why you say, ‘We want to leave; we must sacrifice to the Lord.’ ¹⁸ Now go, work! You will not be given straw, but you will produce the same number of bricks.”