31 Because he has ^xdespised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.”

9 ^oWhy have you ^pdespised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

16 But they kept ^emocking 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.