1Ki 12:11 Cross References

1 Kings 12:11

11: Yes, my father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!'"

"Son of man, do not fear them. Don't be afraid even though their threats are sharp as thorns and barbed like briers, and they sting like scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls. For remember, they are rebels!

and decided to make their slavery more bitter still.
They were ruthless with the Israelites, forcing them to make bricks and mortar and to work long hours in the fields.

"No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.

Now, get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still deliver the regular quota of bricks."

Look, there are many people here in Egypt, and you are stopping them from doing their work."
That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the slave drivers and foremen he had set over the people of Israel:
"Do not supply the people with any more straw for making bricks. Let them get it themselves!
But don't reduce their production quotas by a single brick. They obviously don't have enough to do. If they did, they wouldn't be talking about going into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to their God.
Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to these liars!"

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but the LORD will not help you."

Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.
They were told not to hurt the grass or plants or trees but to attack all the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with agony like the pain of scorpion stings.
In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee away!
The locusts looked like horses armed for battle. They had gold crowns on their heads, and they had human faces.

But the people of any nation that submits to the king of Babylon will be allowed to stay in their own country to farm the land as usual. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"

Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison. At that time, Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, "My father was harsh on you, but I'll be even harsher! My father used whips on you, but I'll use scorpions!"

"Go and tell Hananiah, `This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron.
The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.'"

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