And now whereas my father did lay upon you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 - King James 2000 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning! American Standard Version (1901) Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Common English Bible Too bad for you, land, whose king is a boy and whose princes feast in the morning. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you, the land whose king is a boy, and whose princes consume in the morning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and when the princes eat in the morning. |
And now whereas my father did lay upon you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
And there are gathered unto him worthless men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
The prince that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city.
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
O house of David, thus says the LORD; Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is plundered out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.