So the posts went through from city to city in Mount Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun; and they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

Therefore do not rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which He will execute upon all the earth.

have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.

Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.

You have deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived. You have been strong, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing stock, I am continually mocked every day.

For He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon,

Now the men who were holding Jesus were mocking Him and beating [Him].

And having blindfolded Him, they were striking His face and asking Him, saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?"

Then Herod, with his men of war, having treated Him with contempt, and having mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,

Others were mocking and saying, "They are full of new wine."

But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some were scoffing, but others said, "We will hear you again concerning this."

Still others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and of prison.

Since I called, and you did not hear, and I spoke at length, and you gave no heed;

therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.

neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were mocking Him.

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel and perish! For I will work a work in your days which you will by no means believe, though one were to declare it to you.'"

Therefore he who rejects [this] does not reject man, but God, who has given His Holy Spirit to you.

For King Zedekiah[had] shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, saying, Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

And they cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire. And he was in the mire.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

"Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

And the farmers took his servants, they beat one, and one they killed, and another they stoned.

And at last he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

"And taking him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard and killed [him].

They said to Him, "He will destroy [those] wicked [men] miserably, and lease his vineyard to other farmers, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons."

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers,

[A Psalm] of instruction, of Asaph. Why have You rejected [us], O God, forever? [Why] has Your wrath been kindled against the sheep of Your pasture?

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into Your inheritance; they have polluted Your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury [them].

How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?

Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly, overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man, for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.