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13 For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen?[a] says the Lord God.

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  1. 21.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

for during a severe ordeal of affliction their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

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25 As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel,
    you whose day has come,
    the time of final punishment,(A)

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10 it is sharpened for slaughter,
    honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
    You have despised the rod
    and all discipline.[a]

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  1. 21.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

23 When disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.(A)

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  1. 9.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain