Proverbs 1:26

26 I will also laugh at your calamity;^[a] I will mock when panic^[b] comes [upon] you.

Proverbs 1:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity
By way of retaliation, measuring measure for measure; even as they scorned him, and delighted in their scorning, now he in his turn will "laugh" at them and their distress; which act is ascribed to the Lord by an anthropopathy; see ( Psalms 2:4 ) ( 37:13 ) ; signifying that he should not at all pity them, show no compassion to them, and have no mercy upon them; but rather express a pleasure and delight in displaying the glory of his justice in their destruction: the plain sense is, that no favour would be shown them, ( Isaiah 27:11 ) . The word translated "calamity" signifies a "vapour" ^F6, or cloud; denoting it would be a very dark dispensation with the Jews, as it was when "wrath came upon them to the uttermost", ( 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ) ; even on their nation, city, and temple; as in their last destruction by the Romans, which is here intended; I will mock when your fear cometh;
which is the same thing in different words; for by "fear" is meant the dreadful calamity on which brought dread, terror, and consternation with it, and of which they had fearful apprehensions beforehand: wherefore this is mentioned among the signs of Jerusalem's destruction, "men's hearts failing them for fear", ( Luke 21:26 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (dya) "significat vaporem", Vatablus, Mercerus, Amama.

Proverbs 1:26 In-Context

24 Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.

25 You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing [to accept].

26 I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

27 When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

28 then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but not find me.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "downfall"
• [b] Or "dread, fear"