Verse 4

Thy father layde a greeuous yoke vpon vs: nowe therefore remit thou somewhat of the greeuous seruice of thy fafather, & of his heauy yoke that he put vpon vs, and we wyll serue thee.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians helde the children of Israel in bondage without mercie, 14 And they made their lyues bytter vnto them in that cruell bondage, in claye, and bricke, and all maner of worke in the fielde: for all their bondage wherein they serued them was ful of tirannie.
• Exod 2:23 : 23 And in processe of tyme the kyng of Egypt dyed, and the chyldren of Israel syghed by the reason of bondage, and cryed.
• 1 Sam 8:11-18 : 11 And he said: This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you, he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets, and make his horsemen of them, to run before his charet. 12 And will make him of the captaines ouer thousandes and ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his grounde, and to gather in his haruest, & to make instrumentes of warre, and thinges that serue for his charets. 13 And he will take your daughters, and make them appoticaries, cookes, and bakers. 14 And he shall take your fieldes, and your vineyardes, and your best oliue trees, and geue them to his seruauntes. 15 And he shall take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyardes, and geue it to his eunuches, & to his seruauntes. 16 And he shal take your men seruauntes, and maide seruauntes, young men, and the chiefe of your asses, and put them to his worke. 17 And he shall take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruauntes. 18 And ye shall crie out at that time, because of your king whiche ye shall haue chosen you, & the Lorde wil not heare you at that day.
• 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 And Iuda and Israel were many euen as the sande of the sea in numbre, eating, drincking, and making mery.
• 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Iuda and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine and vnder his figgetree, from Danto Beerseba all the dayes of Solomon.
• 1 Kgs 5:15 : 15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and foure score thousand masons in the mountaines:
• 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children of Israel dyd Solomon make no bondmen: But they were men of warre, his ministers, his lordes, his captaynes, and rulers of his charettes, and his horsemen.
• 1 Kgs 12:4 : 4 Thy father made our yocke greeuous, nowe therfore make thou the greenous seruice of thy father and his sore yocke whiche he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was so wroth with my people, that I punished myne inheritaunce, and gaue them into thy power, neuerthelesse thou shewedst them no mercy, but euen the very aged of them diddest thou oppresse right sore with the yoke.
• Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
• Matt 23:4 : 4 Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greeuous.