¹¹ Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

¹⁴ He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “^[a]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

⁶ And you, son of man, ^(A)neither fear them nor fear their words, though ^(B)thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house.

⁵ And ^[a]they were not permitted to kill ^[b]anyone, but to torment for ^(A)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(B)scorpion when it ^[c]stings a man.

¹⁰ They have tails like ^(A)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(B)tails is their power to hurt men for ^(C)five months.