I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
Parallel translations
- WEB then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- KJV Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- NKJV Then I will punish their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
- NASB Then I will punish their wrongdoing with the rod, And their guilt with afflictions.
- NLT then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
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Quick answer
God will discipline His people's sin with the rod, yet as a father correcting his children.
Overview
Transgression meets fatherly chastisement, "the rod" and "stripes," not covenant cancellation. This is corrective discipline aimed at restoration, not rejection. The New Testament echoes this as the Lord's loving discipline of those He receives as sons (Heb. 12:6).
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Sam 7:14I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- Heb 12:6–11For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- Prov 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- 1 Kgs 11:39Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
- 1 Kgs 11:14Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
- Amos 3:2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
- 1 Kgs 11:6So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
- 1 Kgs 11:31and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
- Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
- Exod 32:34Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
- 1 Cor 11:31–32Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
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