Exodus 1:14

So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labors. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.

‘You shall not have dominion over him with brutality, but you shall fear your God.

and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.