1 Kings 12:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ He said to them, What do you advise that we answer this people who have said, Make the yoke your father put on us lighter?

¹⁰ The young men who grew up with him answered, To the people who told you, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us—say this, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

¹¹ And now whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.