That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction] Proverbs 16:4. 2 Peter 2:9. This verse may be read thus, That in the day of destruction the wicked are kept back, and are carried out in the day of wrath. That is, they escape the common calamities of world, and are kept to the day of judgement to be punished. the day of wrath] Heb. the day of wraths.