2 Chronicles 36:16

WEB

¹⁶but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

KJV

¹⁶But 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.

BSB

¹⁶But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

FBV

¹⁶But they ridiculed God's messengers, they despised his warnings and mocked his prophets, until the Lord's anger against his people was provoked to such an extent it couldn't be stopped.

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Extra References

Jeremiah 5:12-13

¹²They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine. ¹³The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”

2 Chronicles 30:10

¹⁰So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but people ridiculed them and mocked them.

Luke 22:63-64

⁶³The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. ⁶⁴Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”

Jeremiah 32:3

³For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘The LORD says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

Psalms 74:1

¹God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Proverbs 6:15

¹⁵Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

⁸Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

²⁴Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; ²⁵but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof; ²⁶I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you, ²⁷when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you. ²⁸Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me, ²⁹because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD. ³⁰They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. ³¹Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.

Proverbs 29:1

¹He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

Psalms 35:16

¹⁶Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.