Verse 17
1 Samuel 12:17
Noah Webster Bible
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Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call to the LORD, and he will send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/ל֤וֹא קְצִיר חִטִּים֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְ/יִתֵּ֥ן קֹל֖וֹת וּ/מָטָ֑ר וּ/דְע֣וּ וּ/רְא֗וּ כִּֽי רָעַתְ/כֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִ/שְׁא֥וֹל לָ/כֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ
English Translation
"Should I not call to the Lord today for the harvest of wheat, and He will give voices and rain? And you should know and see that your evil is great which you have done in the eyes of the Lord, to make for yourselves a king."
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