14 I myself shall become his father,+ and he himself will become my son.+ When he does wrong, I will also reprove him with the rod+ of men and with the strokes of the sons of Adam.*

2 Consequently he went out before Aʹsa and said to him: “Hear me, O Aʹsa and all Judah and Benjamin! Jehovah is with YOU as long as YOU prove to be with him;+ and if YOU search+ for him, he will let himself be found by YOU, but if YOU leave him he will leave YOU.+