But they did not obey, and Menashsheh led them astray to do more evil than the nations whom יהוה had destroyed before the children of Yisra’ĕl.
1 Samuel 8:19 - The Scriptures 2009 However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Shemu’ĕl, and said, “No, but let a sovereign be over us. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, No! We will have a king over us, American Standard Version (1901) But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us, Common English Bible But the people refused to listen to Samuel and said, “No! There must be a king over us Catholic Public Domain Version But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: "By no means! For there shall be a king over us, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said: Nay: but there shall be a king over us. |
But they did not obey, and Menashsheh led them astray to do more evil than the nations whom יהוה had destroyed before the children of Yisra’ĕl.
“But My people did not listen to My voice, And Yisra’ĕl would not submit to Me.
So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.”
“I shall also choose their punishments, and bring their fears on them. Because I called, but no one answered. I spoke and they did not hear, and they did evil before My eyes, and chose what was displeasing to Me.”
“We are not going to listen to you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of יהוה!
“And now, because you have done all these works,” declares יהוה, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer,
“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.
When you come to the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, and shall possess it and shall dwell in it, and you shall say, ‘Let me set a sovereign over me like all the nations that are around me,’ ”
“And when you saw that Naḥash sovereign of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but let a sovereign reign over us,’ when יהוה your Elohim was your sovereign.