Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
sinners in Zion--false professors of religion among the elect people (Matthew 22:12).
hypocrites--rather, "the profane"; "the abandoned" [HORSLEY].
who, etc.--If Jehovah's wrath could thus consume such a host in one night, who could abide it, if continued for ever (Mark 9:46-48)? Fire is a common image for the divine judgments (Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:30).
among us--If such awful judgments have fallen on those who knew not the true God, how infinitely worse shall fall on us who, amid religious privileges and profession, sin against God, (Luke 12:47-48; James 4:17)?
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 33:15
Ezekiel 10:2
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