Now, whereas my father laid a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will do so with scorpions.’”
1 Samuel 8:18 - Tree of Life Version When the day comes and you cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, Adonai will not answer you on that day.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In that day you will cry out because of your king you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not hear you then. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day. Common English Bible When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you chose for yourselves, but on that day the LORD won’t answer you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king. |
Now, whereas my father laid a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will do so with scorpions.’”
For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
You also made my enemies turn their backs to me. I cut off those who hate me.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. When you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood!”
Behold, Adonai’s hand is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
They will pass this way that are hard-pressed and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse their king and their God. Whether they turn their faces upward
Therefore I will indeed act in fury. My eye will not spare you nor will I have pity. Though they cry into My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
Then they will cry out to Adonai, but He will not answer them. Thus He will hide His face from them at that time, because of their evil deeds.
Once the Master of the household gets up and shuts the door, and you’re standing outside and begin knocking on the door, saying, ‘Master, open up for us,’ then He will say to you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’
He will also take the tenth of your flocks. Then you yourselves will become his slaves.