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15 If you're stubborn and refuse to obey the Lord, he will turn against you and your king.[a]

16 Just stand here and watch the Lord show his mighty power. 17 Isn't this the dry season?[b] I'm going to ask the Lord to send a thunderstorm. When you see it, you will realize how wrong you were to ask for a king.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.15 and your king: One ancient translation; Hebrew “and your ancestors” or “as he was against your ancestors.”
  2. 12.17 the dry season: The Hebrew text has “time for wheat harvest,” which was usually in the spring, the beginning of the dry season.

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