1 Samuel 8:18

Israel's Demand For A King

¹⁷ He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants. ¹⁸ When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.” ¹⁹ The people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

In that Day

On that Day

Jehovah

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

Proverbs 1:25-28

since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

Isaiah 8:21

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry
when distress comes on him?

Psalm 18:41

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

Luke 13:25

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’