II Chronicles 36:16
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But 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.
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And 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.
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
For 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.
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
But 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.
He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
You 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.