O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- BSB Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- NKJV O Lord, correct me, but with justice; Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
- NASB Correct me, Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- NLT So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah asks God to correct him with justice and measure, not in anger that would destroy him. He pleads for tempered, restorative discipline.
Overview
The prophet, identifying with his people, prays for correction 'in measure' rather than in the full fury of wrath that would reduce him to nothing. He accepts the need for discipline while appealing to God's mercy. The verse models a believer's posture under God's chastening hand and foreshadows the gospel hope that, in Christ, God's people receive fatherly correction rather than condemning wrath.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 38:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Ps 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Jer 30:11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
- Isa 40:23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- Job 6:18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
- Hab 3:2O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
- Isa 41:11–12Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
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