But the people did not listen to God. Manasseh did more evil things than all the nations {that lived in Canaan before Israel came}. And the Lord destroyed those nations when the people of Israel {came to take their land}.
1 Samuel 8:19 - Easy To Read Version But the people would not listen to Samuel. They said, “No! We want a king to rule over us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 the people did not listen to God. Manasseh did more evil things than all the nations {that lived in Canaan before Israel came}. And the Lord destroyed those nations when the people of Israel {came to take their land}.
So I let them do what they wanted to do.\par Israel did anything they wanted to do.\par
So I decided to use their own tricks!\par \{I mean that\} I will punish them\par using the things they are most afraid of.\par I called to those people,\par but they did not listen.\par I spoke to them,\par but they did not hear me.\par So I will do the same thing to them.\par Those people did things I said are evil.\par They chose to do things I did not like.”\par
“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
You people of Israel were doing all these evil things”—This message is from the Lord!—“I spoke to you again and again, but you refused to listen to me. I called to you, but you did not answer.
So they come to you like they are my people. They sit in front of you like they are my people. They hear your words. But they won’t do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.
“You will enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You will take that land and live in it. Then you will say, ‘We will put a king over us, like all the nations around us.’
But then you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites coming to fight against you. You said, ‘No! We want a king to rule over us!’ You said that, even though the Lord your God was already your king!