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.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Gold. Ezechiel vii. 19. Thus the Medes despised riches, Isaias xiii. 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. "(St. Jerome) (Haydock)