1 Samuel 12:15

15 Pero si se rebelan contra los mandatos del Señor
y rehúsan escucharlo, entonces su mano será tan dura con ustedes como ha sido con 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 Está bien, aquí está el rey que han escogido. Ustedes lo pidieron y el Señor
se lo concedió.

14 »Ahora, si ustedes temen al Señor
y lo adoran, si escuchan su voz y no se rebelan contra sus mandatos, entonces tanto ustedes como su rey demostrarán que reconocen al Señor
como su Dios.

15 Pero si se rebelan contra los mandatos del Señor
y rehúsan escucharlo, entonces su mano será tan dura con ustedes como ha sido con sus antepasados.

16 »Ahora quédense aquí y vean la maravilla que el Señor
está a punto de hacer.

17 Ustedes saben que nunca llueve en esta época del año durante la cosecha de trigo. Le pediré al Señor
que hoy envíe truenos y lluvia. ¡Entonces se darán cuenta de qué tan perversos han sido al pedirle al Señor
un rey!