and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, "Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions." Cross References Revelation 9:3 And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. Revelation 9:5 The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion. Revelation 9:10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. 2 Chronicles 10:13 And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders 2 Chronicles 10:15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. Treasury of Scripture And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. the advice 2 Chronicles 22:4,5 Proverbs 12:5 Daniel 6:7 My father 2 Kings 10:10,11 Proverbs 17:14 Ecclesiastes 2:19 |