2Ch 36:16, Jer 2:30, 11:19-21, 12:5-6, 18:18, 20:1-2, 8-11, Lam 4:13-14 | ESV | STEP | But they kept mocking the messengers of God , despising his words and scoffing at his prophets , until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people , until there was no remedy .

16 ^aBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^bdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^cuntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 2:30

30 In vain have I ^dstruck your children;
they took no correction;
^eyour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 11:19-21

19 But I was ^flike a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know ^git was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
^hlet us cut him off from ⁱthe land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
who ^jtests ^kthe heart and the mind,
^llet me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.
21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of ^mAnathoth, ⁿwho seek your life, and say, ^o“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

Jeremiah 12:5-6

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in ^pthe thicket of the Jordan?
6 For ^qeven your brothers and the house of your father,
^reven they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
^sdo not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”

Jeremiah 18:18

18 Then they said, ^t“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, ^ufor the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. ^vCome, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 20:1-2

Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

1 Now ^wPashhur the priest, the son of ^xImmer, who was ^ychief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then ^zPashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him ^aain the stocks that were in the upper ^abBenjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 20:8-11

8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, ^ac“Violence and destruction!”
For ^adthe word of the Lord has become for me
^aea reproach and ^afderision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
^agthere is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and ^ahI am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
10 ^aiFor I hear many whispering.
^ajTerror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^akLet us denounce him!”
say all my ^alclose friends,
^amwatching for ^anmy fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then ^aowe can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”
11 But ^apthe Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
^aqthey will not overcome me.
^arThey will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their ^aseternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.

Lamentations 4:13-14

13 This was for ^atthe sins of her prophets
and ^authe iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.
14 ^avThey wandered, blind, through the streets;
they were so defiled with blood
^awthat no one was able to touch
their garments.