"Goand speakto David,'Thusthe LORDsays,"I am offeringyou threethings;choosefor yourself oneof them, which I will doto you."'"
"However,becauseby thisdeedyou have givenoccasion to the enemiesof the LORDto blaspheme,the childalsothat is bornto you shall surelydie."
When Davidarosein the morning,the wordof the LORDcameto the prophetGad,David'sseer,saying,
So Gadcameto Davidand toldhim, and saidto him, "Shall sevenyearsof faminecometo you in your land?Orwill you fleethreemonthsbeforeyour foeswhile they pursueyou? Or shall there be threedays'pestilencein your land?Nowconsiderand seewhatanswerI shall returnto Him who sentme."
Joabthe sonof Zeruiahhad begunto count[them], but did not finish;and because of this,wrathcameupon Israel,and the numberwas not includedin the accountof the chroniclesof KingDavid.
For whomthe LORDlovesHe reproves,Even as a father[corrects] the sonin whom he delights.
For I am with you,' declaresthe LORD,'to saveyou; For I will destroycompletelyallthe nationswhereI have scatteredyou, OnlyI will not destroyyou completely.But I will chastenyou justlyAnd will by nomeansleaveyou unpunished.'
I alsowas actingwith hostilityagainstthem, to bringthem into the landof their enemies--oriftheir uncircumcisedheartbecomeshumbledso that they thenmakeamendsfor their iniquity,
For the landwill be abandonedby them, and will makeup for its sabbathswhile it is madedesolatewithoutthem. They, meanwhile, will be makingamendsfor their iniquity,becausethey rejectedMy ordinancesand their soulabhorredMy statutes.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
