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11 And you groan in the end,
    when your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “Oh, why did I hate instruction,
    and my heart spurn reproof!
13 Why did I not listen to the voice of my teachers,
    incline my ear to my instructors!
14 I am all but ruined,
    in the midst of the public assembly!”

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11 And you will groan [a]in [b]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “How I (A)hated instruction!
And my heart (B)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my (C)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
14 I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

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11 and at the end of your life you (A)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (B)“How I hated discipline,
    and my heart (C)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 (D)I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

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11 and at the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,
    and my heart despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 Now I am at the point of utter ruin
    in the public assembly.”

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11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(A)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(B)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”(C)

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