'Reduce' in the Bible

But you're to impose the previous quota of bricks that they're making. You're not to reduce it! It is because they're lazy that they're crying out, "Let's go offer sacrifices to our God.'

The Israeli supervisors realized they were in trouble when he said, "You won't reduce each day's quota of bricks!"

In those days, the LORD began to reduce Israel in size: Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel,