19 They will (A)fling their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their (B)silver and their gold will not be able to save them on the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their [a]appetite, nor can they fill their stomachs, because their wrongdoing has become a cause of stumbling.

The Temple Profaned

20 Moreover, they transformed the splendor of His jewels into pride, and (C)they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them. 21 And I will hand it over to the (D)foreigners as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will profane it. 22 I will also turn My (E)face away from them, and they will profane My treasure; then robbers will enter and profane it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:19 Lit soul

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)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(I) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(J)
22 I will turn my face(K) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(L)

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