11
And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
9
And he said to them, What do ye advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease of the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
10
And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger thicker than my father's loins.
11
And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
12
And Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day.
13
And the king answered harshly; and king Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.