This shows that those who cannot bear to be corrected must expect to be
destroyed. 1. It is common for those who have known the way of
righteousness, but have forsaken it, to reckon it a great affront to be
reproved and admonished. They are very uneasy at reproof; they cannot,
they will not, bear it; nay, because they hate to be reformed, they
hate to be reproved, and hate those who deal faithfully and kindly with
them. Of all sinners, reproofs are worst resented by apostates. 2. It
is certain that those who will not be reproved will be ruined: He that
hates reproof, and hardens his heart against it, is joined to his
idols; let him alone. He shall die, and perish for ever, in his sins,
since he would not be parted from his sins. 2 Chron. xxv. 15, I know
that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou couldst not bear
to be reproved; see also ch. xxix. 1.