2 Tawarikh 36:16

36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, ¹  and ridiculed his prophets. ²  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. ³ 

Yeremia 29:18

29:18 I will chase after them with war, ⁴  starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.

Ratapan 2:15

ס (Samek)

2:15 All who passed by on the road

clapped their hands to mock you. ⁵ 

They sneered and shook their heads

at Daughter Jerusalem.

“Ha! Is this the city they called ⁶ 

‘The perfection of beauty, ⁷ 

the source of joy of the whole earth!’?” ⁸ 

Zefanya 2:15

2:15 This is how the once-proud city will end up ⁹  –

the city that was so secure. ¹⁰ 

She thought to herself, ¹¹  “I am unique! No one can compare to me!” ¹² 

What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live!

Everyone who passes by her taunts her ¹³  and shakes his fist. ¹⁴ 

[36:16]  ¹ tn Heb “his words.”

[36:16]  ² tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.

[36:16]  ³ tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”

[29:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “with the sword.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “clap their hands at you.” Clapping hands at someone was an expression of malicious glee, derision and mockery (Num 24:10; Job 27:23; Lam 2:15).

[2:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “of which they said.”

[2:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “perfection of beauty.” The noun יֹפִי (yofi, “beauty”) functions as a genitive of respect in relation to the preceding construct noun: Jerusalem was perfect in respect to its physical beauty.

[2:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “the joy of all the earth.” This is similar to statements found in Pss 48:2 and 50:2.

[2:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “this is the proud city.”

[2:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the one that lived securely.”

[2:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[2:15]  ¹² tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.”

[2:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “hisses”; or “whistles.”

[2:15]  ¹⁴ sn Hissing (or whistling) and shaking the fist were apparently ways of taunting a defeated foe or an object of derision in the culture of the time.