The young men urge severity

10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is what you should say to these people who told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; make it lighter for us.’ Tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

11Now my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will make your yoke even heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.’”