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Zephaniah 1:18

Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath Which they have gotten in an unjust way, and have hoarded up, and put their confidence in; these were…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath - Gain unjustly gotten was the cause of their destruction. For, as Ezekiel closes the like description;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Their silver nor their gold - In which they trusted, and from which they expected happiness; these shall not profit them in this awful day. And God will bring this about speedily; and a speedy…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zephaniah 1:14-18

Nothing could be expressed with more spirit and life, nor in words more proper to startle and awaken a secure and careless people, than the warning here given to Judah and Jerusalem of the approaching…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The idea of the verse is illustrated in Pro 11:4, "Riches profit not in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivereth from death," cf. Eze 7:19. The instruments also whom Jehovah employs to execute…