Ye shall cry out in that day; ye shall bitterly mourn for the sad effects of this inordinate desire of a king. The Lord will not hear you in that day, because you will not hear him, nor obey his counsel, in this day. Compare Proverbs 1:24, &c. Malachi 7:13.
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1 Samuel 8:18
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.