¹³ And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, ¹⁴ he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, ^(A)“My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for ^(B)it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which ^(C)the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.