Exodus 5:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told,^[a] “Why didn’t you, both yesterday and today, fulfill^[b] your quota^[c] for making bricks as before?”

The Israelis’ Appeal Rejected by Pharaoh

¹⁵ The Israeli supervisors came and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you doing this to us?^{[d] 16} No straw is being given to us, yet they’re saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, we are being beaten. It’s wrong how you are treating your people!”