2 Chronicles 10:9-11 ▼

9 He asked them, |How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, 'Lessen the demands your father placed on us'?|

10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, |Say this to these people who have said to you, 'Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden'--say this to them: 'I am a lot harsher than my father!

11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'|