2 Kings 19:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now this is what I say to that king: The people of Jerusalem hate and make fun of you; they laugh behind your back.

Cross References

Job 16:4

If I were in your place, it would be easy to criticize or to give advice.

Psalm 109:25

When my enemies see me, they say cruel things and shake their heads.

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you are doomed! I pray the Lord's blessings on anyone who punishes you for what you did to us.

Psalm 44:14

Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads.

Psalm 9:14

and I will sing about you at the gate to Zion. I will be happy there because you rescued me.

Isaiah 1:8

Enemies surround Jerusalem, alone like a hut in a vineyard or in a cucumber field.

Isaiah 23:10

People of Tyre, your harbour is destroyed! You will have to become farmers just like the Egyptians.

Isaiah 23:12

The LORD has said to the people of Sidon, “Your celebrating is over— you are crushed. Even if you escape to Cyprus, you won't find peace.”

Isaiah 47:1

City of Babylon, you are delicate and untouched, but that will change. Surrender your royal power and sit in the dust.

Isaiah 47:5

Babylon, be silent! Sit in the dark. No longer will nations accept you as their queen.

Jeremiah 14:17

Jeremiah, go and tell the people how you feel about all this. So I told them: “Tears will flood my eyes both day and night, because my nation suffers from a deadly wound.

Jeremiah 18:13

So I, the LORD, command you to ask the nations, and find out if they have ever heard of such a horrible sin as what you have done.

Jeremiah 31:4

You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines.

Jeremiah 46:11

Egypt, no medicine can heal you, not even the soothing lotion from Gilead.

Lamentations 1:15

You, LORD, have turned back my warriors and crushed my young heroes. Judah was a woman untouched, but you let her be trampled like grapes in a wine-pit.

Lamentations 2:13

Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea?

Lamentations 2:15

Those who pass by shake their heads and sneer as they make fun and shout, “What a lovely city you were, the happiest on earth, but look at you now!”

Lamentations 4:21

You people of Edom can celebrate now! But your time will come to suffer and stagger around naked.

Amos 5:2

you, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.

Micah 4:8

Mount Zion in Jerusalem, guardian of my people, you will rule again.

Zechariah 9:9

Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.

Matthew 27:39

People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and