then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
KJV
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
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Commentary
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,.... That is, of men; as in
Sa2 7:14
, the Lord making use of men to chastise his people by, as he did of the neighbouring nations of the Jews, when they sinned against him; and so the Targum interprets it here,
"I will visit their transgressions by the hands of the tribes of the ungodly;''
or with such afflictions as are common to men,
Co1 10:13
, in a kind, humane, moderate way, in measure, in judgment, and not in wrath and hot displeasure; or in such like manner as a man chastises his children, which is in love,
Deu 8:5
.
and their iniquity with stripes; such as diseases of body, loss of relations, crosses and disappointments in the world; not with the stripes of divine vengeance, of vindictive justice, such as Christ, the surety of his people, endured for them; but with the scourges of a father,
Isa 53:8
.
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