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.
Ni su plata ni su oro los podrá librar en el día de la ira del SEÑOR; porque toda la tierra será consumida con el fuego de su celo; porque ciertamente consumación apresurada hará con todos los moradores de la tierra.
Verse 18. 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 riddance-a universal desolation, shall in a short time take place in every part of the land.
Ver. 18. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath , etc.] Which they have gotten in an unjust way, and have hoarded up, and put their confidence in; these were the lees on which they were settled; but now, as they would be disregarded by the Lord, as insufficient to atone for their sins, and appease his wrath, and procure his favour; (see Job 36:18,19Proverbs 11:4) so they would be of no avail to them, to deliver from their enemies, who would not be bribed therewith to save their lives; the same is said of the Medes at the taking of Babylon, ( Isaiah 13:17): but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy ; his zeal against sin, and for his own glory, shall burn like fire; which shall consume the whole land, and all the inhabitants of it, and was not to be stopped by anything that could be done by them; so furious and raging would it be: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land ; burn up at once all the briers and thorns, even all that offend, and do iniquity, and spare neither root nor branch; or, as when a field is cleared of the stubble on it, after the wheat is gathered in; or a grain floor of its chaff, after the wheat is separated from it; thus with the besom of destruction would the Lord sweep away the sinfulinhabitants of Judea, and clear it of them, as he did by the sword, by famine, by pestilence, and by captivity.
Verses 14-18 - This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinner in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them. This day of the Lord is very near; it is a day of God's wrath, wrath to the utmost. I will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be lai asleep by the patience of God. What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? And what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Let us flee from the wrath to come, and choos the good part that shall never be taken from us; then we shall be prepared for every event; nothing shall separate us from the love of God in ChristJesus our Lord __________________________________________________________________
