1-6 Ruin is coming, utter ruin; destruction from the Almighty. The
servants of God all proclaim, There is no peace for the wicked. The
expressions are figurative, speaking every where desolation; the land
shall be left without inhabitants. The sinners to be consumed are, the
professed idolaters, and... [ Continue Reading ]
7-13 God's day is at hand; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a
sacrifice to the justice of God. The Jewish royal family shall be
reckoned with for their pride and vanity; and those that leap on the
threshold, invading their neighbours' rights, and seizing their
possessions. The trading peopl... [ Continue Reading ]
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 da... [ Continue Reading ]