Amsal 15:32

15:32 The one who refuses correction despises himself, ¹ 

but whoever hears ²  reproof acquires understanding. ³ 

Yesaya 3:9

3:9 The look on their faces ⁴  testifies to their guilt; ⁵ 

like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. ⁶ 

Too bad for them! ⁷ 

For they bring disaster on themselves.

Yeremia 40:2

40:2 The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, “The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.

[15:32]  ¹ sn To “despise oneself” means to reject oneself as if there was little value. The one who ignores discipline is not interested in improving himself.

[15:32]  ² tn Or “heeds” (so NAB, NIV); NASB “listens to.”

[15:32]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads קוֹנֶה לֵּב (qoneh lev), the participle of קָנָה (qanah, “to acquire; to possess”) with its object, “heart.” The word “heart” is frequently a metonymy of subject, meaning all the capacities of the human spirit and/or mind. Here it refers to the ability to make judgments or discernment.

[3:9]  ⁴ sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “woe to their soul.”