When with rebukes You correct man for sin, You consume like a moth what is precious to him; surely every man is mere vapor. Selah
“Man, as a rotten thing, decays, as a garment that is moth eaten.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with fever.
Even more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not dread of Him terrify me.
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he who condemns me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Therefore I will be like pus to Ephraim and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
deliver him to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord Jesus.
for whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and scourges every son whom He receives.”
but who was rebuked for his iniquity. The mute donkey speaking with a man’s voice constrained the madness of the prophet.
“Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.