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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.
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Verse 18. Gold. Ezek. 7:19. Thus the Medes despised riches. Isaiah 13:17. Calmet.—Jealousy. God regarded the synagogue as his spouse. Menochius.—“If he loved not the soul of man, he would not be jealous of it.” Saint Jerome Bible.
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