Lexicon :: Strong's H3256 - yāsar

‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act [fn]with hostility against Me,

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,

“Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,

And you have strengthened weak hands.

Now therefore, O kings, act wisely;

Be instructed and take warning, O leaders (judges, rulers) of the earth.

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

I will bless the LORD who has counseled me;

Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.

A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;

You consume like a moth what is precious to him;

Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.

He who instructs the nations,

Does He not rebuke and punish,

He who teaches man knowledge?

Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O LORD,

And whom You teach from Your law,

The LORD has disciplined me severely,

But He has not given me over to death.

He who corrects and instructs a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,

And he who rebukes a wicked man gets insults for himself.

Discipline and teach your son while there is hope,

And do not [indulge your anger or resentment by imposing inappropriate punishment nor] desire his destruction.

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;

Yes, he will delight your soul.

A servant will not be corrected by words alone;

For though he understands, he will not respond [nor pay attention].

The words of [fn]King Lemuel, the oracle, which his mother taught him:

For in this way the LORD spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,

For his God instructs [him correctly] and teaches him properly.

“Your own wickedness will discipline you,

And your desertion of the faith will punish you.

Know therefore that it is an evil and bitter thing

For you to abandon (reject) the LORD your God,

And for you to be indifferent to Me and dismiss the [reverent] fear of Me,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.

“Be wise and be warned, O Jerusalem,

Or I will be alienated from you,

And make you a desolation,

An uninhabited land.”

O LORD, correct me [along with Your people], but with mercy and in just measure—

Not in Your anger, or You will crush me and bring me to nothing.

‘For I am with you,’ says the LORD, ‘to save you;

For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,

But I will not destroy you completely.

But I will judge and discipline you fairly

And will by no means regard you as guiltless and leave you unpunished.’

“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,

‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,

Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;

Bring me back that I may be restored,

For You are the LORD my God.

“Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the LORD,

“For I am with you.

For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations

To which I have driven you;

Yet I will not make a full end of you.

But I will discipline and correct you appropriately

And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”

When they go, I will spread My net over them;

I will bring them down like birds of the heavens [into Assyrian captivity].

I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms [for victory over their enemies],

Yet they devise evil against Me.

When it is my desire [to defend My righteousness], I will chastise them;

And [hostile] peoples will be gathered against them

When they are bound and punished for their double guilt [their revolt against the LORD and their worship of idols].