18. Neither . . . silver nor . . . gold shall . . .
deliver them, &c.--
(Pr 11:4).
fire of his jealousy--
(Eze 38:19);
His wrath jealous for His honor consuming the guilty like fire.
make even a speedy riddance of all--rather, a "consummation" (complete
destruction: "full end,"
Jer 46:28;
Eze 11:13)
"altogether sudden" [MAURER]. "A
consumption, and that a sudden one" [CALVIN].
JFB.
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