1 Kings 12:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all of the people returned to Rehoboam as the king had decreed when he said, “Come back to me in three days.” ¹³ The king responded harshly to the people. He ignored the counsel that the elders had given him. ¹⁴ He said to them what the young men had advised him saying, “My father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”