Ezekiel 7
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Ezekiel 7:19-27

19They 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.

22I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.

23(Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)

24I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

25Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

26Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

27The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the Lord!”

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