Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
Job 33:19 - Tree of Life Version Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And the multitude of his bones with strong pain: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [God's voice may be heard by man when] he is chastened with pain upon his bed and with continual strife in his bones or while all his bones are firmly set, American Standard Version (1901) He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; Common English Bible Or a person may be disciplined by pain while in bed, bones ever aching Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed; and he maketh all his bones to wither. |
Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the prison for he was enraged at him for this. Also Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
Now in the thirty-nineth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet. His illness was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek Adonai but physicians.
His bones were full of his youthful vigor but it will lie down with him in the dust.
I broke the jaws of the unjust, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
When I lay down I say, “When will I rise?” The night drags on, and I toss until the day dawns.
It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I may learn Your decrees.
For all day I have been stricken, my chastisement comes every morning.
Blessed is the one You discipline, Adonai, and teach him from Your Torah,
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person’s trouble is heavy upon him.
So by this will Jacob’s sin be atoned and this the full price to remove his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like shattered chalk stones, so that the Asherah poles and incense rise no more.
But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord so that we might not be condemned along with the world.
Now you know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Adonai your God disciplines you.
Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.