1 Kings 12:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

¹⁴ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.

¹⁵ And the king condescended not to the people: for the Lord was turned away from him, to make good his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.