2 Chronicles 36:16

The people mock God's messengers and scorn his words until his wrath rises beyond remedy. Persistent rejection of God's word brings inescapable judgment.

Cross-references · 26

• Jer 5:12–13They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
• 2 Chr 30:10And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.
• Luke 22:63–64The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
• 1 Th 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
• Jer 32:3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
• Prov 6:15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Ps 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Ezra 5:12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
• Ps 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
• Matt 21:33–41Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
• Prov 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Prov 1:24–31Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
• Heb 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
• Luke 18:32He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
• Luke 23:36The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
• Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
• Isa 28:22So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
• Acts 17:32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
• Matt 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
• Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
• Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
• Ps 79:1–5A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
• Jer 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
• Jer 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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