Afflictions: God Appoints

While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.