scourge definition
scourge. (KJV, NKJ, NASB) literally means to beat with a whip (vs. 5-10), thus denoting the seriousness of the discipline repeatedly mentioned here.
scourge means to whip. It means to give considerable pain. And who is it that does this? The Lord. And who does he do it to? His children. I tell ya, if people would just take seriously this one verse we would have done with a lot of theological error. R.C. Sproul tells the story about going on the 700 Club, a Christian talk show, and just before he was to come out the previous guest shared a tale of tremendous suffering that he had been through with a child of his and Pat Robertson, in seeking to bring some comfort to this man said to him, “Isn’t it good to know that God has nothing to do with our suffering?” ® I can understand why someone might want to say that. I can understand why someone might want to believe that. But honestly, it is unfathomable to me how someone who believes the Bible as Pat Robertson certainly does, can make a remark like that. In Scripture God is forever connected to suffering and is Himself frequently presented as the specific