...alleviation of their burdens, ho declared, that instead of requiring less at their hands he should S31 PA PA demand more. ' My father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke ; my father chasti-.-d you with whips, but I will chastise yoi with scorpions.' Such a resolution, expressec in...

...thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come...

...thicker than my father's loins. 11. For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more 12. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on Ihe third day, as the king bade, saying, Come...

...exhibited, not only iu his choice of advisers, but in the highly-coloured figures of speech which he used. " My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." Could that father's voice have been heard from the tomb, it would have been, to tell his son — and...

...hands he should demand more. " My father made your yoke heavy, I will add to yonr yoke ; my lather chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you...declared enemy of the house of David. Hence the origin of the kingdom of Israel, as distinguished from that of Judah ; and hence, too, the disgraceful contentious...

...greatness and terror in their new prince; My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. My father made your yoke heavy ; I will add to your yoke. My father hath chastised you with whips ; I will chastise, you with scor'pions. The very words have stings. Now...

...greatness and terror in their new prince ; My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. My father made your yoke heavy ; I will add to your yoke. My father hath chastised you with whips ; I will chastise you with scorpions. The very words have stings. Now...

...young men, who were grown up with him, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke j my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." The American people, if they are wise, will consult the sequel of this history. If they wish not to...

...burdens, he declared, that instead of requiring less at their hands he should demand more. ' My lather made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke ; my...declared enemy of the house of David. Hence the origin of the kingdom of Israel, as distinguished from that of Judah; and hence, too, the disgraceful contentions...

...greater severity than his father had done : — " My father," he said, " made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke ; my father chastised you...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." He speaks of a simple scourge, and places it in opposition to another more painful which is designated...