“However, because by this deed you have greatly scorned יהוה, the child also who is born to you shall certainly die.”
2 Samuel 24:12 - The Scriptures 1998 “Go, and you shall speak to Dawiḏ More versionsKing 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 by this deed you have greatly scorned יהוה, the child also who is born to you shall certainly die.”
For whom יהוה loves He reproves, As a father the son whom he delights in.
‘For I am with you,’ declares יהוה, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all gentiles where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’
and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies – if their uncircumcised heart is then humbled, and they accept the punishment of their crookedness,
‘For the land was abandoned by them, and enjoying its Sabbaths while lying waste without them, and they were paying for their crookedness, because they rejected My right-rulings and because their being loathed My laws.