Second, his tone could not possibly have been more condescending - it seems as though only people born with certain traits can come up with effective ways to address those who are different... just like most everything else.
5 Jehovah God certainly condescended in the way he dealt with Abraham, allowing Abraham to question His righteousness in purposing to destroy the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
(Psalm 18:35; 2 Samuel 22:1, 36) Though Jehovah is in the highest heavens, “he is condescending to look on heaven and earth, raising up the lowly one from the very dust; he exalts the poor one from the ashpit itself, to make him sit with nobles.”
During the eighth century, the tombs suffered great damage as they were sacked and pillaged not only by invading armies but also, according to Hertling and Kirschbaum, by “condescending Roman mediators” who furnished large quantities of sacred mementos to “German and Frankish abbots increasingly avid for relics” to augment the prestige of their cathedrals and monasteries.
The world finds satisfaction in speaking with loud, authoritative bluster —interrupting, proud of being domineering, boisterous, condescending, provocative, challenging.