Verse 11
2 Chronicles 10:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
11
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה אָבִ/י֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵי/כֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַ/אֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל עֻלְּ/כֶ֑ם אָבִ֗/י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְ/כֶם֙ בַּ/שּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַ/אֲנִ֖י בָּֽ/עֲקְרַבִּֽים
English Translation
And now, my father has laid a heavy burden upon you, and I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
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And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon,) heard...
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And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
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Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy fa...
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And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
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He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, sayi...
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And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy...
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But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, end began to treat with the young men, that had been bro...
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And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to...
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But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou spea...
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My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scou...
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So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
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And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
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And he spoke according to the advice of the young men : My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which...
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And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God (Elohim), that his word...
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And all the people upon the king's speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, n...
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But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
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And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and h...
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And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.
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