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18 They will put on rough cloth to show how sad they are. They will tremble all over with fear. Their faces will show their shame, and all their heads will be shaved. 19 The people will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be like trash. Their silver and gold will not save them from the Lord’s anger. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, because it caused them to fall into sin. 20 They were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their idols and their evil statues, which I hate. So I will turn their wealth into trash.

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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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