תּוֹכֵחָה

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

…to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

…because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

…and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.