1 Kings 12:11 Cross References - MKJV

¹¹ And now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, and I will add to your yoke. My father has whipped you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹³ And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with harshness. ¹⁴ And they made their lives bitter with hard work in mortar and in bricks, and in all kinds of work in the field; all their work in which they made them do was with harshness.

⁵ And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens. ⁶ And Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers the same day, saying, ⁷ You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ And you shall lay upon them the number of bricks which they have made before now. You shall not take away from it. For they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go sacrifice to our God. ⁹ Let more work be laid upon the men, and let them labor in it. And do not let them regard vain words.

¹⁸ Therefore go now and work, for there shall be no straw given to you; yet you shall deliver the number of bricks.

¹⁸ And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father whipped you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁰ And Asa was angry with the seer and put him in a prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

¹¹ But the nations who bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will leave on their own land, says Jehovah. And they shall work it and dwell in it.

¹³ Go and tell Hananiah, saying, So says Jehovah: You have broken the yokes of wood, but you shall make for them yokes of iron. ¹⁴ For so says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.

⁶ And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, and of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words, nor frightened by their faces, though they are a rebellious house.

³ And out of the smoke came forth locusts onto the earth. And authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority. ⁴ And they were commanded not to hurt the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads. ⁵ And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months. And their torment was like a scorpion's torment when he stings a man. ⁶ And in those days men will seek death and will not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them. ⁷ And the shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸ And they had hairs like the hairs of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰ And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And their authority was to hurt men five months.