11 Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe His discipline;(A)

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Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

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13 The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.

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Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?(A)
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.(B)
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.(C)
They made their faces harder than rock,(D)
and they refused to return.(E)

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23 They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate,(A) not listening or accepting discipline.

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33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,[a](A) they do not listen and receive discipline.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 32:33 Lit them, rising up early and teaching

10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;(A)
I killed your young men with the sword,(B)
along with your captured horses.(C)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,(D)
yet you did not return to Me.(E)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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