Ezekiel 7:19

¹⁷ Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.

¹⁸ They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

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.

²⁰ His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

²¹ And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: They will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
ASV: They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
DARBY: They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: Sitt sølv skal de kaste på gatene, og sitt gull skal de akte for urent; deres sølv og deres gull skal ikke kunne berge dem på Herrens vredes dag; de skal ikke kunne mette seg eller fylle sin buk med det. For det har vært et anstøt til misgjerning for dem,
OTB: De vil kaste sitt sølv ut i gatene, og deres gull vil bli en avskyelig ting. Deres sølv og gull vil ikke kunne redde dem på Herrens vredes dag. De kan ikke tilfredsstille sin sult eller fylle sine mager, for deres urett har blitt en årsak til snubling.
B1930: Sitt sølv skal de kaste på gatene, og sitt gull skal de akte for urent; deres sølv og deres gull skal ikke kunne berge dem på Herrens vredes dag; de skal ikke kunne mette sig eller fylle sin buk med det. For det har vært et anstøt til misgjerning for dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
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Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
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Ezekiel 14:7
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
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Luke 12:19–20
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.
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Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
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Job 20:12–23
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
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