7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
7
“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
8
But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’