Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:7

7 Yēhéhuá duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , bǎixìng xiàng nǐ shuō de yīqiè huà , nǐ zhǐguǎn yīcóng . yīnwei tāmen bú shì yànqì nǐ , nǎi shì yànqì wǒ , búyào wǒ zuò tāmende wáng .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 8:7

And the Lord said unto Samuel
He appeared to him in a vision or dream, and by an articulate voice delivered to him what follows:

hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee;
not as approving of what they said, but permitting and allowing what they asked, as a punishment of them for their disloyalty and ingratitude, and as resenting their ill behaviour to him; for it was in anger he assented to their request, ( Hosea 13:11 )

for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me that I
should not reign over them;
most interpreters supply the word "only", as if the sense was, that they had not only rejected Samuel from judging them, but the Lord also from reigning over them; and which is spoken to comfort Samuel, and to alleviate the pressure on his mind for the ill treatment he had met with; for since they had served the Lord after this manner, it was no wonder he should be ill used, and might bear it with great patience: but I see no reason why the word may not be taken absolutely, that they had not rejected Samuel from all share in the government, at least from judging the people; for so he continued all the days of his life, even after they had a king over them; but they entirely rejected the sole and peculiar government of God over them.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 8:7 In-Context

5 Duì tā shuō , nǐ niánjì lǎomaì le , nǐ érzi bù xíng nǐde dào . xiànzaì qiú nǐ wèi wǒmen lì yī gè wáng zhìlǐ wǒmen , xiàng liè guó yíyàng .

6 Sǎmǔĕr bù xǐyuè tāmen shuō lì yī gè wáng zhìlǐ wǒmen , tā jiù dǎogào Yēhéhuá .

7 Yēhéhuá duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , bǎixìng xiàng nǐ shuō de yīqiè huà , nǐ zhǐguǎn yīcóng . yīnwei tāmen bú shì yànqì nǐ , nǎi shì yànqì wǒ , búyào wǒ zuò tāmende wáng .

8 Zì cóng wǒ lǐng tāmen chū Āijí dào rújīn , tāmen chángcháng lí qì wǒ , shìfèng bié shén . xiànzaì tāmen xiàng nǐ suǒ xíng de , shì zhào tāmen sùlái suǒ xíng de .

9 Gùcǐ nǐ yào yīcóng tāmende huà , zhǐshì dāng jǐngjiè tāmen , gàosu tāmen jiānglái nà wáng zĕnyàng guǎnxiá tāmen .