Mocking-sound imagery uses laughter, derision, scoffing, or hissing to picture proud unbelief, public shame, persecution, or the reversal of human arrogance under God’s judgment.
Mocking-sound imagery uses laughter, derision, scoffing, or hissing to picture proud unbelief, public shame, persecution, or the reversal of human arrogance under God’s judgment.
A hostile-auditory motif in which laughter, derision, scoffing, hissing, or taunting speech signifies contempt, unbelief, covenant shame, persecution of the righteous, or God’s reversal of arrogant opposition.
These examples show how Mocking Laughter, Derision, and Scoffing-Sound Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
Sarah laughed within herself
Laughter marks incredulity before the promise, then is exposed by the LORD.
God hath made me to laugh
Promise fulfilled turns laughter into joyful testimony.
they laughed them to scorn
Scoffing rejects Hezekiah’s summons to return to the LORD.
they laughed us to scorn
Enemy ridicule opposes the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
The Lord shall laugh
Divine laughter reverses the rage of rebellious rulers.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn
Mocking laughter intensifies the suffering of the righteous one.
The Lord shall laugh at him
God’s laughter answers the plots of the wicked with certain judgment.
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss
Audible scorn marks Jerusalem’s public shame after judgment.
they laughed him to scorn
Scoffing unbelief meets Jesus before he raises the girl.
they derided him
The Pharisees’ derision exposes resistance to Jesus’ teaching on money and God.
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