(A)They are not in trouble as other men,
Nor are they plagued like other men.

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They are free(A) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.

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12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.

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12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

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Their houses are safe from fear,
(A)Neither is [a]the rod of God upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:9 The rod of God’s chastisement

Their homes are safe and free from fear;(A)
    the rod of God is not on them.(B)

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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:19 discipline
  2. Revelation 3:19 eager

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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Jeremiah’s Question

12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;
They grow, yes, they bear fruit.
(C)You are near in their mouth
But far from their [a]mind.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:2 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?
You have planted(E) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(F)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(G)

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But if you are without chastening, (A)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(A)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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32 But when we are judged, (A)we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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11 (A)My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor detest His correction;
12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects,
(B)Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,(C)
    as a father the son he delights in.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

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When I think about this, I am terrified;(A)
    trembling seizes my body.(B)

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