2 Chronicles 36:16

2 Chronicles 36:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

Context of 2 Chronicles 36:16

14All the leaders of the priests and the people also turned away from the Lord more and more. They did the same disgusting sins that the people in other nations did. They made the Lord's temple an unclean place. That was the place that the Lord himself had chosen as his special home in Jerusalem. 15The Lord sent his servants many times to warn his people. He wanted to be kind to them. He wanted to keep his temple safe. But they laughed at the men that God sent to them. They did not think that his messages were important. They insulted his prophets. Finally, the Lord became very angry with his people. Nothing could stop him from punishing them. 17Then the Lord sent the king of Babylon to attack them. His soldiers killed Jerusalem's young men in the temple, where they thought that they would be safe. They were not kind to anybody, the young men or women, or even the very old people. God put all the people of Jerusalem under the king of Babylon's power. 18The king took away to Babylon all the things that were in God's temple. He took everything, big things and small things. He took all the valuable things that were in the Lord's temple. He also took the valuable things of the king and his officers. He took them all away to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:16 word by word

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ מַלְעִבִים֙ בְּמַלְאֲכֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּבוֹזִ֣ים דְּבָרָ֔יו וּמִֽתַּעְתְּעִ֖ים בִּנְבִאָ֑יו עַ֠ד עֲל֧וֹת חֲמַת־יְהוָ֛ה בְּעַמּ֖וֹ עַד־לְאֵ֥ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But they mockedלָעַבlâ‛ab · to jestH3931
• the messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959
• his wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• and misusedתָּעַעtâ‛a‛ · to mockH8591
• his prophetsנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• until the wrathחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• aroseעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• against his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• no remedyמַרְפֵּאmarpê' · healingH4832

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 36:16

• 2 Chronicles 30:10The men took this message to every town among the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as the tribe of Zebulun. But in all those places, people insulted them and they laughed at them.
• Psalms 35:16Useless people like that insulted me, and they showed their teeth to frighten me.
• Isaiah 28:22So do not laugh at me when I warn you. If you do not listen, your punishment will become even worse. The Lord Almighty has told me what he has decided. He has decided to destroy the whole land.
• Jeremiah 5:12They have told lies about the Lord. They have said, “He will not punish us! No trouble will come to us. There will be no war. There will be no famine.
• Jeremiah 20:7Lord, you forced me to become a prophet, and I let you do that. You used your power to make me agree, and you won. Now everybody laughs at me and they insult me.
• Luke 18:32The Jewish leaders will deliver me to people that are not Jews. They will laugh at me. They will say bad things against me. They will spit at me.
• Luke 22:63The men that were holding Jesus were laughing at him. They hit him many times.
• Luke 23:11Then Herod and his soldiers started to laugh at Jesus. They were saying things to make him feel bad. They put a beautiful coat on him. Then they sent him back to Pilate.
• Acts 2:13But some other people laughed at the disciples. They said, ‘These people have drunk too much wine!’
• Acts 17:32Paul had said, ‘God caused that man to live again.’ When the people heard this, some of them laughed at him. But other people said to Paul, ‘We want you to tell us more about this on another day.’
• Hebrews 11:36Other people who trusted God received insults. Some of them were hit with whips. Enemies of God tied these people up and they put them in prison.
• Proverbs 1:24I called out to you, but you refused to listen. I reached out to you, but you turned your backs to me.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees heard all this. They loved money very much, so they laughed at Jesus. They said to him, ‘You are wrong.’
• Acts 13:41“Listen to me, you people who laugh at God! You will be surprised at the great things that I do. And then you will die. I am working now, while you are still alive. But still you will not believe what is true. Even if someone explains everything to you, you will never believe.” ’
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8So do not refuse to accept what I am saying. If you do, it is not just a person that you refuse to obey. You are refusing to obey God. And God is the one who has given his Holy Spirit to you.
• Jeremiah 32:3King Zedekiah had put Jeremiah in prison there. He did not like the messages from God that Jeremiah was speaking. He said to Jeremiah, ‘You should stop saying these things! Do not continue to say, “The Lord will put this city under the power of the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon will take the city for himself.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Misused his prophets - Rather, “scoffed at his prophets.” The allusion is to verbal mockery, not to persecution.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 36:16

• Assyria
• Impenitence
• Infidelity
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Judgments
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Obduracy (Hardness)
• Prophets
• Scoffing

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Condemn
• Jerusalem
• Put
• Chronicles, Books of
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings