Exodus 5:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷ Don't give the slaves any more straw^[a] to put in their bricks. Force them to find their own straw wherever they can, ⁸ but they must make the same number of bricks as before. They are lazy, or else they would not beg me to let them go and sacrifice to their God. ⁹ Make them work so hard that they won't have time to listen to these lies.