I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
God will destroy all the wicked throughout the land for the purpose of cutting off and removing all workers of wickedness from the city belonging to the Lord. The word naming their punishment is destroy, and such destruction is utter ruin and annihilation. To be destroyed is to be brought to ruin, not to be kept alive onward in punishment. To be cut off is to be destroyed, indeed utterly destroyed, so as to remain no longer among God's people.
God will destroy all the wicked throughout the land for the purpose of cutting off and removing all workers of wickedness from the city belonging to the Lord. The word naming their punishment is destroy, and such destruction is utter ruin and annihilation. To be destroyed is to be brought to ruin, not to be kept alive onward in punishment. To be cut off is to be destroyed, indeed utterly destroyed, so as to remain no longer among God's people.