Keep in mind that the Lord your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

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12 for the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.(A)

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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
for the Lord disciplines the one he loves
and punishes every son he receives.[a](A)

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

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Footnotes

  1. 12:6 Pr 3:11–12

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