2 Chronicles 36:16 KJV
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Matthew Henry
- The destruction of JerusalemThe ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are...
Thompson Chains
- DespisersSee the chain from Proverbs 1:30 · 7 links
- Instruction DespisedLast of 2 links
- Law DespisedStarts here · next Psalms 78:10 · 5 links
- Persecution (1)See the chain from 1 Kings 19:2 · 11 links
- Prophets (1)Link 5 of 10 · next Psalms 74:9
- God's WrathSee the chain from 2 Kings 22:13 · 6 links
- Mocking (3)Link 3 of 7 · next Psalms 22:7
Cross References
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
- Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Jeremiah 5:12–13 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: …
- Ezra 5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
- Psalms 74:1 <Maschil of Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Proverbs 1:24–31 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; …
- Proverbs 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- Jeremiah 32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
- Luke 22:63–64 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. …
- Psalms 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- Psalms 79:1–5 <A Psalm of Asaph.> O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. …
- Isaiah 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
- Jeremiah 20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
- Jeremiah 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
- Matthew 21:33–41 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: …
- Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
- Luke 18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
- Luke 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
- Luke 23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
- Acts 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
- Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
- Acts 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- Acts 17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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Topics
- Assyria Jews carried captive to
- Captivity Fulfilled
- Impenitence The Israelites
- Infidelity General scriptures concerning
- Israel, prophecies concerning Zedekiah is made king by Nebuchadnezzar; he rebels; so, Nebuchadnezzar invades Judah, takes Jerusalem, and carries off the people to...
- Judgments Into the hands of the Chaldeans
- Nebuchadnezzar Of Jerusalem
- Obduracy (hardness) General scriptures concerning
- Prophets Persecutions of
- Scoffing General scriptures concerning
- War God uses, as a judgment
Kings of Israel & Judah
- ZedekiahKing of Judah · 599–588 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible536 BC · Cyrus Sends the Jews Home
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- But they mocked וַיִּהְיוּ wayyihyû Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and מַלְעִבִים malʿibîm לָעַב Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine plural
- the messengers בְּמַלְאֲכֵי bĕmalʾăkê מֲלְאָךְ Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition
- of God הָאֱלֹהִים hāʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with the
- and despised וּבוֹזִים ûbôzîm בָּזָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with and
- his words דְּבָרָיו dĕbārāyw דָּבָר Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and misused וּמִתַּעְתְּעִים ûmittaʿtĕʿîm תָּעַע Verb · hithpalpel active participle, masculine plural · with and
- his prophets בִּנְבִאָיו binbiʾāyw נָבִיא Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
- until the wrath עַד ʿad Preposition חֲמַת ḥămat חֵמָה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- arose עֲלוֹת ʿălôt עָלָה Verb · qal infinitive construct
- against his people בְּעַמּוֹ bĕʿammô עַם Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular עַד ʿad Preposition
- till there was no remedy לְאֵין lĕʾên Negative · with preposition מַרְפֵּא marpēʾ מַרְפֵּא Noun · masculine singular
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