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but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
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The Sin of Persistent Rejection
Commentators explain that the judgment was not for a single act, but for a persistent pattern of rejecting God's messengers. The people actively mocked, despised, and scoffed at the prophets God sent out of compassion. Scholars like John Gill note this was the frequent experience of prophets like Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Misused his prophets — Rather, “scoffed at his prophets.” The allusion is to verbal mockery, not to persecution.
19th Century
Anglican
But they mocked. — And they were mocking, mal’îbîm; only here (an Aramaism).
Misused. — Mitta…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words , &c.] Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel fr…
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