Exodus 5:7-9

Authorized (King James) Version

⁷ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ⁹  Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.