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I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
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Verse 14. Men, who are not to be entirely destroyed, like the Chanaanites. Calmet.—This is not unlike the human temptation of which Saint Paul speaks. 1 Corinthians 10:13. See Psalms 72:5 and 88:33. Bible.—The rod of men denotes war, and stripes signify those punishments which God inflicts. Saint Jerome Trad.—Some parts of this declaration regard Christ; others Solomon. Hebrews 1:5. D.
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