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and the LORD will not hear you in that day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not hear you in that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then you will cry out on that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day [because you have rejected Him as King].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you on that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you&#8217ve chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won&#8217t answer you on that day.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and you will finally cry out for the LORD to save you from the king you wanted. But the LORD won't answer your prayers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves. The LORD will not answer you when that day comes."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the LORD will not listen to your complaints." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When all of this comes about, you will cry out because of your king whom you chose for yourselves, but the LORD won't answer you at that time."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won't answer you in that day." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have cried out in that day because of the king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and YHWH does not answer you in that day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And ye have cried out in that day because of the king whom ye have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah doth not answer you in that day.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye cried out in that day from before your king which ye chose to yourselves; and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On that day you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall cry for help in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not answer you on that day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you will wail on that day from before your King, whom you have chosen for yourselves, and LORD JEHOVAH shall not answer you in that day!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because ye have chosen to yourselves a king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/8-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=1967" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/8.htm">Samuel's Warning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">When that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day comes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: ū·zə·‘aq·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">you will beg</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mil·lip̄·nê (Prep-m, Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">for relief from</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·kə·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: bə·ḥar·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">you have chosen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">but the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: ya·‘ă·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">answer you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">on that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Deuteronomy 17:14-20</a></span><br />When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” / you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers. / But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-10.htm">Hosea 13:10-11</a></span><br />Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? / So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/8-23.htm">Judges 8:23</a></span><br />But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-12.htm">1 Samuel 12:12-15</a></span><br />But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king. / Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you. / If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm">Jeremiah 2:17-19</a></span><br />Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way? / Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates? / Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11-12</a></span><br />Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done. / Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-32.htm">Ezekiel 20:32-33</a></span><br />When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass. / As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-5.htm">2 Chronicles 12:5</a></span><br />Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-13.htm">Psalm 106:13-15</a></span><br />Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. / They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. / So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-25.htm">Matthew 27:25</a></span><br />All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-15.htm">John 19:15</a></span><br />At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-21.htm">Acts 13:21-22</a></span><br />Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. / After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-1.htm">Romans 13:1-2</a></span><br />Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. / Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.</p><p class="hdg">cry out</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a></b></br> And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.</p><p class="hdg">and the Lord </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/8-13.htm">1 Samuel 8:13</a></b></br> And he will take your daughters <i>to be</i> confectionaries, and <i>to be</i> cooks, and <i>to be</i> bakers.</p><p class="hdg">will not hear</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/27-9.htm">Job 27:9</a></b></br> Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm">Psalm 18:41</a></b></br> They cried, but <i>there was</i> none to save <i>them: even</i> unto the LORD, but he answered them not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-25.htm">Proverbs 1:25-28</a></b></br> But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/20-34.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-9.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-7.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">Chosen</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-8.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-16.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-10.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-27.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-23.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-1.htm">By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-6.htm">Samuel praying in grief is comforted by God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm">He tells the manner of a king</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm">God wills Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When that day comes,</b><br>This phrase refers to a future time when the Israelites will experience the consequences of their demand for a human king. The context is Samuel's warning to the Israelites about the implications of rejecting God as their king in favor of a human monarch. This reflects a pivotal moment in Israel's history, transitioning from a theocracy to a monarchy.<p><b>you will beg for relief</b><br>The Israelites will find themselves oppressed by the very king they desired. This phrase highlights the human tendency to seek relief from self-imposed burdens. It echoes the Israelites' past cries for deliverance from Egyptian slavery, illustrating a recurring cycle of disobedience and repentance.<p><b>from the king you have chosen,</b><br>The emphasis is on the people's choice, underscoring their responsibility for the consequences. This choice marks a significant shift in Israel's governance, as they move away from divine leadership. The phrase foreshadows the reigns of kings like Saul, who would later fail to meet the people's expectations.<p><b>but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”</b><br>This is a sobering reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's guidance. It reflects a divine judgment where God allows the people to experience the full impact of their decisions. This phrase connects to other instances in Scripture where God temporarily withholds His intervention as a form of discipline, such as in <a href="/judges/10-13.htm">Judges 10:13-14</a>. It also serves as a warning about the importance of aligning desires with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>The last judge of Israel, who served as a prophet and leader. He warned the Israelites about the consequences of demanding a king.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel who demanded a king to lead them, desiring to be like other nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king.htm">The King</a></b><br>Refers to the human monarchy that the Israelites demanded, which would lead to their oppression.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who had been their king and protector, warning them through Samuel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_day_of_crying_out.htm">The Day of Crying Out</a></b><br>A future time when the Israelites would regret their decision and suffer under the rule of their chosen king.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_rejecting_god's_leadership.htm">The Danger of Rejecting God's Leadership</a></b><br>When we insist on our own way, rejecting God's guidance, we may face consequences that lead to regret and suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_conformity.htm">The Consequences of Conformity</a></b><br>Desiring to be like others can lead us away from God's unique plan for us, resulting in negative outcomes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_heeding_warnings.htm">The Importance of Heeding Warnings</a></b><br>God often provides warnings through His Word and His messengers. Ignoring these warnings can lead to dire consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_silence_of_god_in_judgment.htm">The Silence of God in Judgment</a></b><br>There are times when God allows us to experience the full weight of our choices, and His silence can be a form of judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_repentance_and_return.htm">The Need for Repentance and Return</a></b><br>Even when we face the consequences of our choices, God is merciful and calls us to repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_the_psalmist_abide_in_god_forever.htm">How can the psalmist abide in God's 'tabernacle forever' (Ps 61:4) when Jewish worship practices and structures changed over time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_moses_fast_40_days_on_sinai.htm">How could Moses remain on the mountain for forty days and nights without food or water (Exodus 24:18)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david's_horsemen_capture__1,700_or_7,000.htm">When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture? One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_wasn't_abner_punished_for_failing_saul.htm">Why did Abner, responsible for guarding Saul, face no immediate consequences for failing to protect the king? (1 Samuel 26:15-16)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">The Lord will not hear you in that day.</span>--After the separation of the north and the south, when King Solomon was dead, a large proportion of the northern sovereigns--or kings, as they were called, of "Israel," in distinction to the southern monarchs, the kings of "Judah"--fulfilled in their lives and government of the realm the dark forebodings of the seer. The northern tribes broke with all the hallowed associations connected with the Ark and temple, and set up a rival and semi-idolatrous religion in some of their own popular centres. There no holy influences swayed the councils of their despotic kings. The lives of the Israelites who still loved the law of the Lord, and cherished the glorious memories of their fathers, must have been very bitter and hard when men like Omri and Ahab reigned with all their cruel power in Tirzah and Samaria.<p>But no prayers then availed; one wicked dynasty succeeded another, until the cup of iniquity was filled, and Israel carried away captive for ever out of their fair land.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye shall cry.</span> In despair at this cruel oppression ye shall appeal to Jehovah, but in vain. The king was given them at their own request, persisted in even after warning, and they must abide by their choice. It is worth noting that in the northern kingdom a majority of the kings more or less fulfilled Samuel's evil forebodings, and there they were much more completely the product of the temper condemned by the prophet than they were in Judah. The ten tribes roughly snapped the tie which bound them to Jehovah; they discarded the ark and all the services of the sanctuary, and were content with so poor an imitation of them that all piously disposed men were compelled to abandon their lands and migrate into Judaea (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-16.htm">2 Chronicles 11:16</a>); and so the majority of their kings, not being held in check by religious influences, were tyrants. At Jerusalem, on the contrary, most of them were content to remain within the limits of the Mosaic law, and were upon the whole a series of men far superior, not merely to the judges and the monarchs in old time, but to any European dynasty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/8-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֔וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day comes,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will beg</span><br /><span class="heb">וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·zə·‘aq·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shriek, to announce, convene publicly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for relief from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלִּפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mal·kə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have chosen,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">answer you</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲנֶ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day.”</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיּ֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/8-18.htm">1 Samuel 8:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/8-18.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 8:18 You shall cry out in that day (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/8-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 8:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 8:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/8-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 8:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 8:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>