And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
And the destruction of the transgressors, х sheber (H7667)] - literally, the breaking into shivers, as a potter's vessel (Revelation 2:27). In announcing that "Zion shall be redeemed," this is not to give hope of escape to apostate transgressors and rebels. Ministers must so threaten the wicked as not to sadden humble believers, and so to cheer believers as not to strengthen the hands of sinners by letting them take the promises to themselves. The prophets hasten forward to the final extinction of the ungodly (Psalms 37:20; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:15); of which antecedent judgments are types.