2 Chronicles 36:16

New International Version

¹⁶But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed^(A) at his prophets until the wrath^(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.^(C)

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Jeremiah 29:18

New International Version

¹⁸I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent^(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse^[a]^(B) and an object of horror,^(C) of scorn^(D) and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 29:18 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see verse 22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

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Lamentations 2:15

New International Version

¹⁵All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)

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Zephaniah 2:15

New International Version

¹⁵This is the city of revelry^(A)
    that lived in safety.^(B)
She said to herself,
    “I am the one! And there is none besides me.”^(C)
What a ruin she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!^(D)
All who pass by her scoff^(E)
    and shake their fists.^(F)