Zephaniah 1:18 - Exposition.

Neither their silver, etc. They cannot bribe this enemy; their wealth cannot win for them immunity ( Isaiah 13:17 ; Ezekiel 7:19 ). The fire of his jealousy ( Zephaniah 3:8 ). The whole earth (for, as we have seen in Zephaniah 1:2 , Zephaniah 1:3 , the judgment is universal) shall be punished in the wrath of the Lord, who will not have the honour which is due to him given to any other. He shall make even a speedy riddance; more closely, he shall make an end, yea, a speedy end (comp. Nahum 1:8 ; Isaiah 10:23 , which our text imitates). (For the sudden and unexpected arrival of the day of the Lord, see Luke 17:26 , etc.)