Matthew Poole and continuators on Zephaniah 1:18

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORDs wrath , but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousie ; for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell o in the land p.

Sometimes these have purchas'd friends, and redeem'd a life at the hand of greedy Souldiers, who have spared on promise of money, but now it shall not be so, neither silver or gold shall help.

To pacifie the enraged Sultan of Babylon who had been formerly appeased which Presents, and Tribute Money, but will no more. Nor shall his Souldiers dare to spare or save any when they are charged to slay man, woman, and child as in the taking of Ierusalem 'tis probable they were charged, Psal. 137.7, 8, 9.

Were it the wrath of man onely, gifts might appease it, but 'tis the wrath of God who is a Righteous Judge, and receives not gifts.

Utterly ruin'd, its wealth carried away, its provisions eat up, its stores exhausted, and its stock (which should continue their Provision) utterly destroy'd as ver. 1.

To which their sins provoked the Lord, which their sins inkindled, and now it burns that none can quench it, Vid. Deut. 28. from 15. ver. to the end of the Chapter; all which God will now make good against them.

Though he had with wonderful patience waited and forborn, now he would wait no longer, but with speedy executions fulfill his threats and accomplish his wrath which he did within less than twenty years after this Prophesie, as is most like, on the accuratest computation we can make of the time[illegible: 1 letter] of Zephaniah's prophesying and Nebuchadnezzar's taking the City.

Marginal references: Prov. 1[illegible: 1 letter].4▪ Ezek. [illegible: 1 letter].[illegible: 2 letters].; chap. [illegible: 1 letter].[illegible: 1 letter].