tSee Judg. 8:27
uSee Gen. 31:19
Genesis 49:10
10The ascepter shall not depart from Judah,nor the ruler’s staff bfrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him; ▼
▼By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Nehemiah 9:37
37 dAnd its rich yield goes to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and over our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.Psalms 79:7
7For they have devoured Jacoband laid waste his habitation.
Psalms 80:15-16
15the stock that your right hand planted,and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16They have eburned it with fire; they have fcut it down;
may they perish at gthe rebuke of your face!
Ezekiel 19:11
11Its strong stems becamerulers’ scepters;
it towered aloft
among the thick boughs; ▼
▼Or the clouds
it was seen in its height
with the mass of its branches.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
25And you, O profane ▼▼Or slain; also verse 29
jwicked one, prince of Israel, kwhose day has come, lthe time of your final punishment, 26thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things shall not remain as they are. mExalt that which is low, and bring low that which is exalted. 27A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. nThis also shall not be, ountil he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him. Hosea 3:4
4For the children of Israel pshall dwell many days qwithout king or prince, rwithout sacrifice or spillar, without tephod or uhousehold gods.Hosea 10:3
3 For now they will say:v“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
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