Moreover, the foremenof the sonsof Israel,whomPharaoh'staskmastershad setoverthem, were beatenand were asked,"Whyhave you not completedyour requiredamounteitheryesterdayortodayin makingbrickas previously?"
and they madetheir livesbitterwith hardlaborin mortarand bricksand at all[kinds] of laborin the field,alltheir laborswhichthey rigorouslyimposedon them.
The taskmasterspressedthem, saying,"Completeyour workquota,[your] dailyamount,justas when you hadstraw."
Then the foremenof the sonsof Israelcameand criedout to Pharaoh,saying,"Whydo you dealthiswaywith your servants?
So the samedayPharaohcommandedthe taskmastersover the peopleand their foremen,saying,
Thereforethussaysthe LordGODof hosts,"O My peoplewho dwellin Zion,do not fearthe Assyrianwho strikesyou with the rodand liftsup his staffagainstyou, the wayEgypt[did].