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They don’t have troubles like other people;
    they’re not plagued with problems like everyone else.

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

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12 Look at these wicked people—
    enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.

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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 homes are safe from every fear,
    and God does not punish them.

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

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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

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

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Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice

12 Lord, you always give me justice
    when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
    Why are evil people so happy?
You have planted them,
    and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
    but you are far from their hearts.

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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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If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.

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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 Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along 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 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline,
    and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
12 For the Lord corrects those he loves,
    just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:12 Greek version reads loves, / and he punishes those he accepts as his children. Compare Heb 12:6.

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

When I think about what I am saying, I shudder.
    My body trembles.

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

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