Éxodo 5:19

19 Los jefes de cuadrilla israelitas se dieron cuenta de que estaban en un aprieto cuando se les dijo que la cuota diaria de ladrillos no se les iba a rebajar.

Éxodo 5:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 5:19

And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they
were in evil case
In a bad condition and circumstances, and that there was no likelihood of their getting out of them, since Pharaoh treated them after this manner; they saw not only that the common people were in a bad condition, in great bondage, misery, and distress, to be obliged to get straw to make brick, and carry in their full tale as before; but that they themselves were in a bad situation, since for the deficiency in their people they were like to be beaten for it from time to time:

after it was said, ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your
daily task;
after this had been said and confirmed by Pharaoh, they had no hope of things being better with them, but looked upon their unhappy lot as irretrievable.

Éxodo 5:19 In-Context

17 —¡Haraganes, haraganes! —exclamó el faraón—. ¡Eso es lo que son! Por eso andan diciendo: “Déjanos ir a ofrecerle sacrificios al SEÑOR”.

18 Ahora, ¡vayan a trabajar! No se les va a dar paja, pero tienen que entregar su cuota de ladrillos.

19 Los jefes de cuadrilla israelitas se dieron cuenta de que estaban en un aprieto cuando se les dijo que la cuota diaria de ladrillos no se les iba a rebajar.

20 Así que al encontrarse con Moisés y Aarón, que los estaban esperando a la salida,

21 les dijeron: «¡Que el SEÑOR los examine y los juzgue! ¡Por culpa de ustedes somos unos apestados ante el faraón y sus siervos! ¡Ustedes mismos les han puesto la espada en la mano, para que nos maten!»