18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

19 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.

20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

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18 They will put on sackcloth(A)
    and be clothed with terror.(B)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.(C)

19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(D)
    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.(E)
It will not satisfy(F) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(G) into sin.(H)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make(I) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(J)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(K)

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