9. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger. They themselves shall be an oven to themselves, and so their own
tormentors. The enemies of the Lord Jesus will be terribly and utterly
consumed. Some read it, “thou
shalt put them as it were into a furnace of fire.” These are terrible words, and those teachers do not well who endeavor
by their sophistry to weaken their force. The hell of sinners must be fearful
beyond all conception, or such language as the present would not be used. Who
would have the Son of God to be his enemy when such an overthrow awaits his
foes ? The expression the time of thine anger reminds us that as now is
the time of this grace, so there will be a set time for his wrath. The Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath,and the fire shall devour them. Jehovah will himself visit with his anger
the enemies of Satan. The Lord Jesus will, as it were, judge by commission from
God. An utter destruction of soul and body is here intended.
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