Exodus 5:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

Straw is not given to us, and yet the same amount of bricks is commanded. So we, your servants, are cut up by scourging, and injustice is done against your people."

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

And each one said to his neighbor, "Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire." And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.

1 Kings 12:14

And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: "My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions."

Exodus 5:15

And the first among the sons of Israel came, and they cried out to Pharaoh, saying: "Why do act against your servants in this way?

Exodus 5:17

And he said: "You are idle. And for this reason you say, 'We shall go and sacrifice to the Lord.'

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.

Ezekiel 16:4

And when you were born, on the day of your nativity, your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for health, nor salted with salt, nor wrapped with cloths.