Zephaniah 1:18
And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
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Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.
Deuteronomy 31:17And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.
Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, 1 It shall burn to hell below; 1 It shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; 1 It shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1
Job 3:15Or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, 1 Who filled their houses with silver: 1
Psalms 49:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: 1 For God is judge. Pause. 1
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:15-18
Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 612.) 14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord : the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,… Read the whole commentary →