19 They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.(A)
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks(C)
that brought about their iniquity.

20 He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty,
but[a] they made their detestable images from them,
their abhorrent things.(D)
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:20 Or They turned their beautiful ornaments into objects of pride, and

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

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