1 Kings 12:12-14

English Standard Version

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, ^(A)“Come to me again the third day.” 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, ^(B)“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.”