Ezekiel 7:19
in Ezekiel 7They 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shall be removed - literally, “shall be an unclean thing” Lev 20:21; their gold shall be unclean and abominable in their eyes. The stumblingblock of their iniquity - See Eze 3:20. Their gold and silver used in making images was the occasion of their sin.
This site's exposition
Every hand will go limp
on Ezekiel 7:17-19
Terror is drawn in the body: “Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water,” with sackcloth, shame and shaved heads. They throw their silver into the streets, for “Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD.”
This site's exposition
They will throw their silver into the streets
In the siege silver and gold cannot buy food. Adam Clarke says a pound of gold will then be worth less than an ounce of bread. The wealth that led them into sin cannot rescue them on the day of the LORD's wrath.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 19.) Their silver will be thrown away in the streets, and their gold will be like garbage. Septuagint: Their silver will be thrown away in the streets, and their gold will be despised. In the midst of flight and captivity, they will throw away their riches and the weight of gold and silver on the streets, only seeking to save their own lives, so that they are not burdened by what was once luxury.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
By their eager pursuit of it they were drawn into sin, and by their plentiful enjoyment of it they were hardened in sin; and thus it was the stumbling-block of their iniquity; it occasioned their falling into sin and obstructed their return to God. Note, There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin.
Removed - Carried away into Babylon. Not satisfy - They shall afford them no comfort. Stumbling-block - This silver and gold they coveted immeasurably, and abused to pride, luxury, idolatry and oppression; this that they stumbled at and fell into sin, now they stumble at and fall into the deepest misery.
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed,.... As being of no use unto them to preserve them from famine and pestilence, and as being an hinderance to them in their flight from the enemy.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They shall cast their silver in the streets - Their riches can be of no use; as in a time of famine there is no necessary of life to be purchased, and gold and silver cannot fill their bowels. It is the stumbling-block of their iniquity - They loved riches, and placed in the possession of them their supreme happiness. Now they find a pound of gold not worth an ounce of bread.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּסְפָּ֞ם | kaspam | silver their | H3701 → | 403 times |
| בַּחוּצ֣וֹת | bachutzot | in the streets | H2351 → | 164 times |
| יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּ | yashlikhu | they will throw | H7993 → | 125 times |
| וּזְהָבָם֮ | uzehavam | and gold their | H2091 → | 389 times |
| לְנִדָּ֣ה | lenidah | <into> an impure thing | H5079 → | 29 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה֒ | yihyeh | it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כַּסְפָּ֨ם | kaspam | silver their | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וּזְהָבָ֜ם | uzehavam | and gold their | H2091 → | 389 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוּכַ֣ל | yukhal | it will be able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| לְהַצִּילָ֗ם | lehatzilam | to deliver them | H5337 → | 212 times |
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | in [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| עֶבְרַ֣ת | ʾevrat | [the] fury of | H5678 → | 34 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נַפְשָׁם֙ | nafsham | appetite their | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּ | yesabeu | they will satisfy | H7646 → | 97 times |
| וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖ם | umeeihem | and inward parts their | H4578 → | |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ | yemaleu | they will fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִכְשׁ֥וֹל | mikhshol | [the] stumbling block of | H4383 → | 14 times |
| עֲוֹנָ֖ם | ʾavonam | iniquity their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| הָיָֽה׃ | hayah | it has become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
כַּסְפָּ֞םsilver their
kaspamH3701 →403 times
בַּחוּצ֣וֹתin the streets
bachutzotH2351 →164 times
יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּthey will throw
yashlikhuH7993 →125 times
וּזְהָבָם֮and gold their
uzehavamH2091 →389 times
לְנִדָּ֣ה<into> an impure thing
lenidahH5079 →29 times
יִֽהְיֶה֒it will become
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
כַּסְפָּ֨םsilver their
kaspamH3701 →403 times
וּזְהָבָ֜םand gold their
uzehavamH2091 →389 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יוּכַ֣לit will be able
yukhalH3201 →194 times
לְהַצִּילָ֗םto deliver them
lehatzilamH5337 →212 times
בְּיוֹם֙in [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
עֶבְרַ֣ת[the] fury of
ʾevratH5678 →34 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נַפְשָׁם֙appetite their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּthey will satisfy
yesabeuH7646 →97 times
וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖םand inward parts their
umeeihemH4578 →
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְמַלֵּ֑אוּthey will fill
yemaleuH4390 →249 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מִכְשׁ֥וֹל[the] stumbling block of
mikhsholH4383 →14 times
עֲוֹנָ֖םiniquity their
ʾavonamH5771 →233 times
הָיָֽה׃it has become
hayahH1961 →3559 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 16:26What 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?
it leads to
- Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Mark 8:36–37
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Luke 9:25
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Psalms 49:7–8
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- Job 27:8
Through
Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- 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…
- Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Proverbs 10:2
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.