THEOSIS2 Chronicles 10:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
וְעַתָּ֗ה אָבִי֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵיכֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַאֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּכֶ֑ם אָבִ֗י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַאֲנִ֖י בָּֽעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 8:18And 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.
- Ex 5:5And Pharao said: The people of the land are numerous; you see that the multitude is increased; how much more if you give them rest from their works?
- Ex 5:9Let them be oppressed with works, and let them fulfil them; that they may not regard lying words.
- Ex 1:13And the Egyptians hated the children of Israel, and afflicted them and mocked them:
- Ex 1:14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.
- Rev 9:3And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Ex 5:18Go therefore and work: straw shall not be given you, and you shall deliver the accustomed number of bricks.
- Rev 9:10And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them