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Ezekiel 7

Ezekiel 7:19

The Desolation of Israel · Ezekiel 7:14–27
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Translations

Modern
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
Traditional
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Literal
Their silver they will throw into the streets, and their gold will become like refuse; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHWH. Their souls they cannot satisfy, and their stomachs they cannot fill, for a stumbling block their iniquity has become.
Latin
Argentum eorum foras projicietur, et aurum eorum in sterquilinium erit: argentum eorum et aurum eorum non valebit liberare eos in die furoris Domini: animam suam non saturabunt, et ventres eorum non implebuntur, quia scandalum iniquitatis eorum factum est.

Original

Hebrew
English
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

Notes

Ezekiel 7:19

Even silver and gold, which people usually trust in times of crisis, would not save them. These treasures would not protect their owners. They would not even satisfy their hunger.

The people would throw their silver and gold away. They would treat these riches like worthless trash (something unclean, hateful, and disgusting). They would want to get rid of them as quickly as possible.

Ezekiel 7:12–27

Comprehensive judgment is shown in two matching sections: Ezekiel 7:12–18 and 7:19–27.

Each section begins by showing that material gain (money and property) is useless in light of the coming judgment. Then the text describes the arrival of war and its terrible results. Finally, each section ends with a picture of fear, helplessness, and deep mourning among the people.

Ezekiel 7:1–27

Ezekiel 7 contains three messages of doom (7:3–4, 5–9, 10–27). These messages reminded Judah that their coming destruction was not random. It was an act of the Lord's judgment.

Ezekiel 4:1–7:27

These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).

Events

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Son of Man Stumbling Block

Topics

Gold used As Money Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Money: Gold Used As Punishment: Divine: No Escape From Stumbling: R. V. The Anger of God: Manifested in Judgments and Afflictions The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning Works: Insufficiency of, for Salvation