He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

Many times He would deliver them;
They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,
And so sank down in their iniquity.

Bound

“Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;

My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord

Or loathe His reproof,

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor

faint when you are reproved by Him;

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

Imagine

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

How long will you assail a man,
That you may murder him, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

Whatever you devise against the Lord,
He will make a complete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,
‘Why did the

Gentiles rage,

And the peoples devise futile things?

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,