The Little Child Spanked
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Little Child Spanked
Scripture Reference:
- Malachi 3 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A mother cleanses the hair of her crying child with a comb. Two women look on with concern. The artist and poet, Jan Luiken (1649-1712), was responsible for drawing and etching this emblem and for the brief poem that accompanies it (below). The attendant Scripture texts are Mal 3:3; Jas 1:12 and 1 Pet 3:12-13.
Motto:
The Good, that hides behind the Grief,
Compensates for the hurt he cried about
Poem:
Whatever the Mother does to the Child,
(Even though it makes him cry bitterly,)
Is only good for him:
So also the heart’s grief and suffering,
With which the human heart
By God’s hand is cleansed.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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