Exodus 5:18

Easy To Read Version

Now, go back to work! We will not give you any straw! And you must still make as many bricks as you did before!”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”

Exodus 5:17

Pharaoh answered, “You are lazy. You don’t want to work. That is why you ask me to let you go. And that is why you want to leave here and make sacrifices [48] to the Lord.

Exodus 5:19

The Hebrew [49] foremen knew they were in trouble. The foremen knew they could not make as many bricks as they made in the past.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw that many people are treated badly. I saw their tears. And I saw that there was no one to comfort those sad people. I saw cruel people had all the power. And I saw that there was no one to comfort the people they hurt.

Ezekiel 18:18

The father might hurt people and steal things. He might never do anything good for my people! That father will die because of his own sins. \{But the son won’t be punished for his father’s sins.\}