1 Kings 12:11

Young's Literal Translation 1898

and now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — I chastise you with scorpions.’

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

And they speak unto him — the lads who had grown up with him — saying, ‘Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make [it] light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father;

1 Kings 12:12

And they come — Jeroboam and all the people — unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, ‘Come back unto me on the third day.’

1 Kings 12:14

and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, ‘My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — I chastise you with scorpions;’

2 Chronicles 16:10

And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time.

Exodus 5:18

and now, go, serve; and straw is not given to you, and the measure of bricks ye do give.’

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

Isaiah 58:6

Is not this the fast that I chose — To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

Jeremiah 27:11

And the nation that causeth its neck to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and hath served him — I have left it on its ground — an affirmation of Jehovah — and it hath tilled it, and dwelt in it.’

Ezekiel 2:6

‘And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they [are] a rebellious house,

1 Samuel 8:18

And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.’