THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 8:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם לָכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַעֲנֶ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Mic 3:4Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.
- Isa 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
- Prov 1:25You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
- Prov 1:28Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me:
- Isa 8:21And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards.
- Prov 21:13He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself, and shall not be heard.
- Ps 18 (17):41
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?