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.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,.... Nebuchadnezzar; and though it was the rebellion of Zedekiah which was the cause and occasion of his coming against them, yet it was the…
Barnes' Notes
Misused his prophets - Rather, “scoffed at his prophets.” The allusion is to verbal mockery, not to persecution.
We have here an account of the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. Abraham, God's friend, was called out of that country, from Ur of the Chaldees, when God…
Cambridge Bible
mocked the messengers Jeremiah was imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death, Urijah (Jer 26:20-23) was put to death. Of the fate of Habakkuk (who also lived during the Chaldean period, Hab 1:6)…
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