Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

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WEBBE

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

BSB

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

KJV

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.

ASV

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

BBE

Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

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גַּם־ gam- neither H1571 כַּסְפָּם kas·pam silver their H3701 גַּם־ gam- nor H1571 זְהָבָם ze·ha·vam gold their H2091 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יוּכַל yu·khal it will be able H3201 לְהַצִּילָם le·ha·tzi·lam to deliver them H5337 בְּיוֹם be·yom on [the] day of H3117 עֶבְרַת 'ev·rat [the] fury of H5678 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וּבְאֵשׁ u·ve·'esh and in [the] fire of H784 קִנְאָתוֹ kin·'a·to jealousy his H7068 תֵּאָכֵל te·'a·khel it will be consumed H398 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הָאָרֶץ ha·'a·retz the earth H776 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 כָלָה kha·lah complete destruction H3617 אַךְ־ 'akh- surely H389 נִבְהָלָה niv·ha·lah a terrible [thing] H926 יַעֲשֶׂה ya·'a·seh he will make H6213 אֵת 'et with H854 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 יֹשְׁבֵי yo·she·vei [the] inhabitants of H3427 הָאָרֶץ ס ha·'a·retz the earth H776

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–18

This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners 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. It will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be laid 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 choose 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 Christ Jesus our Lord.

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PunishmentDayJealousyRich, The

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.