“ Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.

“人在床上被惩治，骨头中不住地疼痛，

“人在床上被疼痛惩治，骨头不住地挣扎，

“人在床上被疼痛惩治，骨头不住地挣扎，

“人因受罚而卧病在床，骨头疼痛不止，

人在床上被痛苦惩治，他的骨头不住地痛苦挣扎，

人在牀上被懲治，骨頭中不住地疼痛，

「人在床上被疼痛懲治，骨頭不住地掙扎，

「人在床上被疼痛懲治，骨頭不住地掙扎，

「人因受罰而臥病在床，骨頭疼痛不止，

人在床上被痛苦懲治，他的骨頭不住地痛苦掙扎，

『人在床上被管教於苦痛中，他骨頭的掙扎常年不斷；

人臥於牀、被懲以苦、骨中疼痛、歷久不已、

惟使之負痛迫切、偃息在床、遘疾纏綿、害入骨髓。

有時使其病臥於床、負痛以責之、使之遘疾、痛楚難堪、深入骨髓、

“ Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,

Someone might be punished by suffering in bed. The pain in their bones might never go away.

“ Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones,

A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

“ A person is also rebuked by pain in his bed, And with constant complaint in his bones,

“ Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with strong pain in many of his bones,

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong[ pain]:

Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.

“ But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.

Have the gods of other nations rescued them— such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”

In the thirty ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the Lord’s help but turned only to his physicians.

Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees.

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions.

Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the Lord your God disciplines you for your own good.

Lying in bed, I think,‘ When will it be morning?’ But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust.

I used to wander off until you disciplined me; but now I closely follow your word.

O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me.Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear.My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

The Lord did this to purge Israel’s wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.