15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but disobey the Lord’s mouth, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you, and on your [a]fathers.

16 Now also stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

17 Is it not now wheat harvest? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain, that ye may perceive and see, how that your wickedness is [b]great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:15 Meaning, the governors.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:17 In that ye have forsaken him, who hath all power in his hand, for a mortal man.

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