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.
Ye shall cry out in that day because of your king. Samuel showed them, by these samples of oppression and heavy exaction, the political servitude to which they would be reduced under a regal government; and he concluded his expostulation and protest by warning them to desist ere it was too late, otherwise they would assuredly have cause to repent of their rashness.