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Tobit 13:2 reflects a theme found in Psalm 89:32 and elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible, where wrongdoing is met with punishment but not with the withdrawal of covenant loyalty. In both texts, disobedience leads to suffering and framed within an assurance of ongoing commitment.
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Psalm 89:32
Hebrew Bible
30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, 31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 33 But I will not remove my loyal love from him nor be unfaithful to my promise. 34 I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.
Date: 6th-3rd Centuries B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Tobit 13:2
Deuterocanon
1 Then Tobit said: "Blessed be God who lives forever, because his kingdom lasts throughout all ages. 2 For he afflicts, and he shows mercy; he leads down to Hades in the lowest regions of the earth, and he brings up from the great abyss, and there is nothing that can escape his hand. 3 Acknowledge him before the nations, O children of Israel; for he has scattered you among them. 4 He has shown you his greatness even there. Exalt him in the presence of every living being, because he is our Lord and he is our God; he is our Father and he is God forever.
Date: 225-175 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... punishment and pardon is a frequent theme of Deuteronomy. Compare also Psalm 89:32–34; Wisdom of Solomon 12:22 ..."
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