Holy Scripture
Exodus 5:17
A church father on this verse
“Even Pharaoh knew that it was proper for one to seek God when he was unoccupied, and for this reason he reproached Israel: "You are unoccupied, you are idle, and you say, 'We shall offer prayers to the Lord, our God.' " Now leisure itself is good and useful to him who is unoccupied, since it produces quiet for the acq…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
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In context
15And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?
16Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
— Exodus 5:17 —
18Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet ye shall return the rate of bricks.
19And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brickmaking.