Ezekiel 7:19

Ezekiel 7:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the Lord; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.

Context of Ezekiel 7:19

17All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine. 18They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald. They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. 20They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images – their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them. 21I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world’s wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.

Ezekiel 7:19 word by word

כַּסְפָּ֞ם בַּחוּצ֣וֹת יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּ וּזְהָבָם֮ לְנִדָּ֣ה יִֽהְיֶה֒ כַּסְפָּ֨ם וּזְהָבָ֜ם לֹֽא־יוּכַ֣ל לְהַצִּילָ֗ם בְּיוֹם֙ עֶבְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה נַפְשָׁם֙ לֹ֣א יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּ וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ כִּֽי־מִכְשׁ֥וֹל עֲוֹנָ֖ם הָיָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• their silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• in the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• and their goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• shall be removedנִדָּהniddâh · impurityH5079
• shall not be ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• them in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• they shall not satisfyשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• their soulsנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• neither fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• their bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• because it is the stumblingblockמִכְשׁוֹלmikshôl mikshôl · stumblingH4383
• of their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:19

• 2 Kings 7:7So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.
• Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
• Isaiah 2:20At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,
• Isaiah 30:22You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, “Get out!”
• Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”
• Matthew 16:26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
• Job 20:12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
• Psalms 78:30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,
• Ecclesiastes 5:10The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
• Isaiah 55:2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
• Luke 12:19And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
• Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
• Ezekiel 44:12Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible for their sin.
• Romans 11:9And David says, “Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19They 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Shall be removed - literally, “shall be an unclean thing” Leviticus 20:21; their gold shall be unclean and abominable in their eyes. The stumblingblock of their iniquity - See Ezekiel 3:20. Their gold and silver used in making images was the occasion of their sin.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's temple shall stand them in no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Even 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.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. cast ... silver in ... streets--just retribution; they had abused their silver and gold by converting them into idols, "the stumbling-block of their iniquity" (Eze 14:3, 4, that is, an occasion of sinning); so these silver and gold idols, so far from "being able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath" (see Pr 11:4), shall, in despair, be cast by them into the streets as a prey to the foe, by whom they shall be "removed" (Grotius translates as…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:19

• Gold
• Idolatry
• Money
• Punishment
• Rich, the
• Stumbling
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings