However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.’
2 Samuel 24:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Go and say to David, “This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them, and I will do it to you.” ’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go and say to David, Thus says the Lord, I hold over you three choices; select one of them, so I may bring it upon you. American Standard Version (1901) Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. Common English Bible Go and tell David, This is what the LORD says: I’m offering you three punishments. Choose one of them, and that is what I will do to you. Catholic Public Domain Version "Go, and say to David: 'Thus says the Lord: I present to you a choice of three things. Choose one of these, whichever you will, so that I may do it to you.' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go, and say to David: Thus saith the Lord: I give thee thy choice of three things. Choose one of them which thou wilt, that I may do it to thee. |
However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.’
When David got up in the morning, the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:
So Gad went to David, told him the choices, and asked him, ‘Do you want three years of famine to come on your land, to flee from your foes for three months while they pursue you, or to have a plague in your land for three days? Now, consider carefully what answer I should take back to the one who sent me.’
Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census, and the number was not entered in the Historical Record of King David.
for the Lord disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
For I will be with you – this is the Lord’s declaration – to save you! I will bring destruction on all the nations where I have scattered you; however, I will not bring destruction on you. I will discipline you justly, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
and I acted with hostility towards them and brought them into the land of their enemies #– #and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes.
As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.