Exodus 5:16

New Century Version

You give us no straw, but we are commanded to make bricks. Our slave masters beat us, but it is your own people’s fault.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to each other, “Let’s make bricks and bake them to make them hard.” So they used bricks instead of stones, and tar instead of mortar.

1 Kings 12:14

He followed the advice of the young men and said to the people, “My father forced you to work hard, but I will make you work even harder. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have sharp points.”

Exodus 5:15

Then the Israelite foremen went to the king and complained, “Why are you treating us, your servants, this way?

Exodus 5:17

The king answered, “You are lazy! You don’t want to work! That is why you ask to leave here and make sacrifices to the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the people who were mistreated here on earth. I saw their tears and that they had no one to comfort them. Cruel people had all the power, and there was no one to comfort those they hurt.

Ezekiel 16:4

On the day you were born, your cord was not cut. You were not washed with water to clean you. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.