1 Samuel 8:18
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you, and LORD will not answer you in that day.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17He will take the tenth of your flocks. And ye shall be his servants.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?
Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.
Proverbs 1:28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:1Behold, LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
Micah 3:4Then they shall cry to LORD, but he will not answer them. Yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 8:5-22
The People Desire a King; God's Answer to Israel; The People Insist on Having a King. ( b. c. 1075.) 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord . 7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that… Read the whole commentary →