But they did not listen, so Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Adonai had destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
1 Samuel 8:19 - Tree of Life Version But the people refused to listen to Samuel, and they said, “No! But a king should be 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 they did not listen, so Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Adonai had destroyed before Bnei-Yisrael.
I am Adonai your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
But My people did not listen to My voice. Israel was not willing to be Mine.
So I will choose their punishments and bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen. But they did what was evil in My eyes, and chose what I did not delight in.
“As for the word that you spoke to us in the Name of Adonai, we are not going to listen to you!
While you were doing all these things,” declares Adonai, “I spoke to you early and often, but you did not listen, and I called you but you did not answer.
So they come to you, as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words—but they do not do them—for with their mouth they express doting love, but their heart goes after their own dishonest gain.
“When you come to the land that Adonai your God is giving you, possess it and dwell in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations around me,’
But when you saw Nahash king of the Ammonites marching against you, you said to me, ‘No! But a king must reign over us!’—even though Adonai your God is your king.