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chastise, correct.
(1.) To strike or afflict one for his advantage and correction; and to refuse or despise chastisement, or correction, is to undervalue it, and be not reformed by it (Jer_2:30; Jer_7:28; Heb_12:5). The overthrow of the Jewish nation by the Chaldaeans was the chastisement of a cruel one; it was very severe, and inflicted by cruel instruments (Jer_30:14).
(2.) To punish in just wrath (Lev_26:28). Thus the chastisement of our peace was laid on Christ; that punishment, by the bearing of which our reconciliation with God is effected, was laid on him as our surety (Isa_53:5). To chasten one's self is to be exercised before God in self-abasement, fasting, and prayer (Dan_10:12). The Scriptures are for correction; by their powerful influence they pierce a man to the heart, and make him amend his evil courses (2Ti_3:16).