"However,becauseby thisdeedyou have givenoccasion to the enemiesof the LORDto blaspheme,the childalsothat is bornto you shall surelydie."
For "THE NAMEOF GODIS BLASPHEMEDAMONGTHE GENTILESBECAUSEOF YOU," justas it is written.
"Nowtherefore, whatdo I have here,"declaresthe LORD,"seeing that My peoplehave been takenaway withoutcause?"[Again] the LORDdeclares,"Those who ruleover them howl,and My nameis continuallyblasphemedalldaylong.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
FOR THOSE WHOMTHE LORDLOVESHE DISCIPLINES,AND HE SCOURGESEVERYSONWHOMHE RECEIVES."
Blessedis the manwhomYou chasten,O LORD,And whom You teachout of Your law;
But when we are judged,we are disciplinedby the Lordsothat we will not be condemnedalongwith the world.
"Woeto the worldbecauseof [its] stumblingblocks!For it is inevitablethat stumbling blockscome;but woeto that manthroughwhomthe stumbling blockcomes!
"You onlyhave I chosenamongallthe familiesof the earth;ThereforeI will punishyou for allyour iniquities."
Howlong,O God,will the adversaryrevile,[And] the enemyspurnYour nameforever?
Again I said,"The thingwhichyou are doingis not good;should you not walkin the fearof our Godbecauseof the reproachof the nations,our enemies?
So Nathanwentto his house.Then the LORDstruckthe childthat Uriah'swidowboreto David,so that he was [very] sick.
May those who waitfor You not be ashamedthrough me, O LordGODof hosts;May those who seekYou not be dishonoredthrough me, O Godof Israel,
O LORDour God,You answeredthem; You were a forgivingGodto them, And [yet] an avengerof their [evil] deeds.
