But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Ver. 20. But the wicked shall perish] In tbe midst of their wealth and greatest abundance; their money shall perish with them.
And the enemies of the Lord] These are worse than those wicked aforementioned, said Theodoret; they are such as go on still in their trespasses, Psalms 68:21 .
Shall be as the fat of lambs] Which in sacrifices was wholly to be burnt and consumed, Leviticus 3:15,17 .
Into smoke shall they consume away] Smoke the higher it ascendeth the sooner it vanisheth. Quanto fuerit globus ille grandior, tanto vanter, saith Austin. They shall be consumed in the smoke of Gehenna, or hell, saith the Chaldee here.