1 Samuel 8:7

8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. ¹  For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 8:9

8:9 So now do as they say. ²  But seriously warn ³  them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.” ⁴ 

Isaiah 46:10

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ⁵  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

¹ tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

² tn Heb “and now, listen to their voice.”

³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the imperative for emphasis.

⁴ tn Heb “and tell them the manner of the king who will rule over them.”

⁵ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”