1Ki 12:14-15 | ESV | STEP | he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men , saying , 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 .

a[See ver. 4 above]

1 Kings 12:14-15

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 ^bit was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which ^cthe Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.