My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'"

and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

Pharaoh was thinking, "The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor."

So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!"

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won't answer you in that day."

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.

"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Bible References

I will put

and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.
Pharaoh was thinking, "The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor."
In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won't answer you in that day."
I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Scorpions

Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

All Translations
A Conservative Version
American Bible Union New Testament
American Standard Version
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Anderson New Testament
Bible in Basic English
Common New Testament
Daniel Mace New Testament
Darby Translation
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Godbey New Testament
Goodspeed New Testament
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
John Wesley New Testament
Julia Smith Translation
King James 2000
King James Version
Lexham Expanded Bible
Living Oracles New Testament
Modern King James verseion
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moffatt New Testament
Montgomery New Testament
NET Bible
New American Standard Bible
New Heart English Bible
Noyes New Testament
Sawyer New Testament
The Emphasized Bible
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Twentieth Century New Testament
Webster
Weymouth New Testament
Williams New Testament
World English Bible
Worldwide English (NT)
Worrell New Testament
Worsley New Testament
Youngs Literal Translation