2 Chronicles 36:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.d ”

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Misused his prophets - Rather, “scoffed at his prophets.” The allusion is to verbal mockery, not to persecution.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (g) remedy. (g) Till God could no l...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they mocked . they kept mocking. Compare Matthew 23:37 . Especially Urijah ( Jeremiah 26:20-23 ) and Jeremiah 37 and Jeremiah 38 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4....
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 432 FORBEARANCE OF GOD BROUGHT TO A CLOSE 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 . And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had comp...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on t...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem This is a brief record of the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and of the destruction of Jerusalem. The first twenty vv. of this chapter are abbreviat...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But they mocked. — And they were mocking, mal’îbîm ; only here (an Aramaism). Misused. — Mitta’te’îm, only here. Derided, strictly, stammered. Another form of this verb occurs in Genesis...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1-33 ; 2 Chronicles 35:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Defeat and Exile 2 Chronicles 36:11-23 It is expressly stated in Ezekiel 17:13 that Nebuchadnezzar administered to Zedekiah an oath of fealty in the presence of Jehovah. Hence by his rebellio...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the record of the final movements in the downward course of Judah. They are graphically given. First Jehoahaz reigned for three months, and was deposed by the king of Egypt. Jehoiakim succeed...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we arrive to the sad page of Judah's history. To enter into a full detail of this history of the church we must connect with it the writings of the prophet Jeremiah. The character of Zedekiah, a...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH ‘The wrath of the Lord arose against His people,’ etc. 2 Chronicles 36:16 At last the hour of retribution had struck. Like the northern kingdom of Israel, nearly one h...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words ,.... Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel frequently met with: and misused his prophets ; imprisoned them, as Micaiah and Jer...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 16. But they mocked...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But they mocked the messengers of God Of which see instances Ezekiel 11:3 ; Ezekiel 20:49 . Misused his prophets Imprisoning and persecuting them as they did Jeremiah; or, seduced themselves b...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEHOIAKIM'S REIGN AND CAPTIVITY (vv.5-8) Jehoiakim was evidently older than Jehoahaz for he was 25 when he began to reign (cf.v.2). He reigned 11 years in Judah, but he also dishonoured the memo...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the L ORD his God, and humbl...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They mocked the messengers of God; of which see instances, Ezekiel 11:3 , Ezekiel 20:49 . Misused his prophets; imprisoning and persecuting them, as they did Jeremiah. Or, seduced themselves...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter gives the reigns of Jehoahaz ( 2 Chronicles 36:1-4 ), of Jehoiakim ( 2 Chronicles 36:5-8 ), of Jehoiachin ( 2 Chronicles 36:9-10 ), and of Zedekiah ( 2 Chronicles 36:11-...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 I. Prophecy is as old as the Hebrew nation itself, and indeed far older. The life of the nation begins with the age of Moses, but Moses in his writings leads us back to the f...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 36:2 . Jehoahaz the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem. Necho summoned him to Riblah, put him in irons, and made his elder brother Eliakim king in his room, and changed his name...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by is me messengers, rising up betimes. Presumptuous rebellion I. We see here continued rebellion, which suggests-- 1. That habits are easily c...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION One short chapter now brings to a conclusion the work, in so many aspects remarkable, called 'The Chronicles.' And thirteen verses sum the contents of the four last pre-Captivity king...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zedekiah's Reign and the end of Judah
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:8 ; 2 Chronicles 30:10 ; Acts 13:41 ; Acts 17:32 ; Acts 2:13 ; Acts 7:52 ; Hebrews 11:36 ; Isaiah 28:22 ; Jeremiah 20:7 ; Jeremiah 32:3 ; Jeremiah 38:6 ; Jeremiah 5:12 ;...
2 Chronicles 36:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

No remedy — Because the people would not repent, and God would not pardon them.

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 36:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes