1 Samuel 12:15

15 En cambio, si lo desobedecen y no acatan sus mandatos, él descargará su mano sobre ustedes como la descargó contra sus antepasados.

1 Samuel 12:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:15

But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel
against the commandment of the Lord
They and their king, by sinning, disregarding his precepts, both affirmative and negative:

then shall the hand of the Lord be against you;
by sending some judgments upon them, as famine, sword, or pestilence, particularly captivity and subjection to their enemies:

as it was against your fathers;
who had no king; and it is suggested that their case, who had one, would be no better than theirs; their king would not be able to save them from the hand of God: the words in the original are, "and against your fathers" ^F13; which is interpreted in the Talmud ^F14 of their fathers dead, and in their graves, and of their enemies digging them up, and taking them out in contempt; but much better, by Kimchi, of their kings, who are, or should be, fathers of their subjects, as Augustus Caesar was called the father of his; and so the Septuagint version renders it, "and upon their king"; signifying that both they and their king should feel the weight of the hand of the Lord, if they rebelled against him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Mkytbabw) "et contra patres vestros", Pagninus, Tigurine version.
F14 T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 63. 2.

1 Samuel 12:15 In-Context

13 Pues bien, aquí tienen al rey que pidieron y que han escogido. Pero tengan en cuenta que es el SEÑOR quien les ha dado ese rey.

14 Si ustedes y el rey que los gobierne temen al SEÑOR su Dios, y le sirven y le obedecen, acatando sus mandatos y manteniéndose fieles a él, ¡magnífico!

15 En cambio, si lo desobedecen y no acatan sus mandatos, él descargará su mano sobre ustedes como la descargó contra sus antepasados.

16 »Y ahora, préstenme atención y observen con sus propios ojos algo grandioso que el SEÑOR va a hacer.

17 Ahora no es tiempo de lluvias sino de cosecha. Sin embargo, voy a invocar al SEÑOR, y él enviará truenos y lluvia; así se darán cuenta de la gran maldad que han cometido ante el SEÑOR al pedir un rey.