Zephaniah 1:18

¹⁸ 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.

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #228

228. Internal Meaning of Zephaniah, Chapter 1 (1)

1-3 All knowledge [cognitio] and understanding of truth will perish. (2)

4-6 The church will perish because it is in mere falsities and evils in respect to doctrine and in respect to worship. (2, 11)

7-8 The Lord will come and gather [people] together to the church. (1, 11)

9-11 Then those who have adulterated the truths of the Word will perish, and are to be cast into hell. (15)

12-13 No truth will then be left in the church. (3, 7)

14-17 They will perish on the day of the judgment by the Lord. (15)

18 They cannot be preserved. (15)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.