The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished."

"'As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you -- to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene -- God has numbered your kingdom's days and brought it to an end.

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Summary

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Bible References

Laugh

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.
so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

General references

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

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