11 Do not despise the Lord’s instruction, my son,
and do not loathe his discipline;(A)

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11 My son,(A) do not despise the Lord’s discipline,(B)
    and do not resent his rebuke,

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Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

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Why should you be beaten(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist(B) in rebellion?(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(D) afflicted.(E)

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13 The people did not turn to him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Armies.

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13 But the people have not returned(A) to him who struck(B) them,
    nor have they sought(C) the Lord Almighty.

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Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness?(A)
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.(B)
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.(C)
They made their faces harder than rock,(D)
and they refused to return.(E)

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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23 They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate,(A) not listening or accepting discipline.

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23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention;(A) they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen or respond to discipline.(C)

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33 They have turned their backs to me and not their faces.(A) Though I taught them time and time again,[a](B) they do not listen and receive discipline.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:33 Lit them, rising up early and teaching

33 They turned their backs(A) to me and not their faces; though I taught(B) them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.(C)

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10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;(A)
I killed your young men with the sword,(B)
along with your captured horses.(C)
I caused the stench of your camp
to fill your nostrils,(D)
yet you did not return to me.(E)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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10 “I sent plagues(A) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(B)
I killed your young men(C) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(D) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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