¹⁶ There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people.

^{17 Ref} But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

^{18 Ref} Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks.

^{19 Ref} And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, `your' daily tasks.