They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it. Cross References 2 Chronicles 36:6 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin's relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah 10:9 "Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Isaiah 14:16 Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble, Isaiah 37:13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'" Jeremiah 32:24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see! Jeremiah 33:4 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword: Ezekiel 21:31 I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction. Ezekiel 26:8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you. Zephaniah 1:8 "On the Day of the LORD's sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel. Treasury of Scripture And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. scoff. 2 Kings 24:12 2 Kings 25:6,7 2 Chronicles 36:6,10 they shall deride. Isaiah 14:16 Jeremiah 32:24 Jeremiah 33:4 |