Ezekiel 7:19

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. THEY SHALL CAST THEIR SILVER IN THE STREETS, AND THEIR GOLD SHALL BE REMOVED - just retribution: they had abused their silver and gold by converting them into idols, "the stumbling block of their iniquity" (Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 1:1:e., an occasion of sinning); so these silver and gold idols, so far from "being able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath," shall, in despair, be "cast" by them "into the streets" as a prey to the foe, by whom they shall be "rem...

Now the Prophet threatens that the desperation of the people would be so great that they would forget both gold and silver: for we know that men are more anxious about those possessions than about life itself. But gold, unless it be prepared for use, has no value in itself: yet we see that the majority are so inflamed with the desire of gold, that they cast themselves into the certain danger of death. For how many neglect their own life to acquire wealth: hence when men despise gold, they are assuredly astonished by fear and anxiety so as to lose their natural senses. The Prophet means this when he says, _they shall cast their gold into the streets, _because if they thought they should survive, and if there were any hope of life left, doubtless they would hide their gold and silver. But when gold is cast away, it is certain, as I have said, that all things are full of despair. _Their gol...

16-22 Sooner or later, sin will cause sorrow; and those who will not repent of their sin, may justly be left to pine away in it. There are many whose wealth is their snare and ruin; and the gaining the world is the losing of their souls. Riches profit not in the day of wrath. The wealth of this world has not that in it which will answer the desires of the soul, or be any satisfaction to it in a day of distress. God's temple shall stand them in no stead. Those are unworthy to be honoured with the form of godliness, who will not be governed by its power....

Verse Ezekiel 7:19. _THEY SHALL CAST THEIR SILVER IN THE STREETS_] Their riches can be of no use; as in a time of famine there is no necessary of life to be _purchased_, and _gold_ and _silver cannot fill_ _their bowels_. _IT IS THE STUMBLING-BLOCK OF THEIR INIQUITY._] They loved riches, and placed in the possession of them their supreme happiness. Now they find a _pound_ of _gold_ not worth an _ounce_ of _bread_....

SHALL BE REMOVED - literally, “shall be an unclean thing” Leviticus 20:21; their gold shall be unclean and abominable in their eyes. THE STUMBLINGBLOCK OF THEIR INIQUITY - See Ezekiel 3:20. Their gold and silver used in making images was the occasion of their sin....

EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 7:1 The absence of any fresh date, and the fact that it is simply tacked on to the previous chapter by the copulative conjunction, shows that what follows belongs to the same group. The use of the phrase, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, shows, however, that there was an interval of silence, perhaps of meditation, followed by a fresh influx of inspiration; and, so far as we may judge from the more lyrical character of the chapter, a more intense emotion. EZEKIEL 7:2 AN END, etc. The iteration of the word once more gives emphasis. The words read like an echo of Amos 8:2. The FOUR CORNERS (Hebrew, "wings...

THEY SHALL CAST THEIR SILVER IN THE STREETS, AND THEIR GOLD SHALL BE REMOVED,.... As being of no use unto them to preserve them from famine and pestilence, and as being an hinderance to them in their flight from the enemy. Kimchi observes that this may be interpreted of their idols of gold and silver, which shall now be had in contempt by them, and cast away, when they shall find they cannot save them from ruin; see Isaiah 2:20; THEIR SILVER AND THEIR GOLD SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER THEM IN THE DAY OF THE WRATH OF THE LORD; these can neither deliver from temporal judgments nor from wrath to come; see Proverbs 10:2; nor idols made of them: THEY SHALL NOT SATISFY THEIR SOULS, NOR FILL THEIR BOWELS; gold and silver cannot be eaten; these will not satisfy the craving appe

Ezekiel 7:1. This chapter closes the first great message of Ezekiel. This great judgment message is written in beautiful language, which, in the Authorized Version, is marred by numerous incorrect renderings. The reader will find a reliable metrical translation in our larger commentary on Ezekiel. First, the end is announced to come upon the entire land; it could no longer be averted. There is another day coming in which the Lord will deal in fearful judgments with this earth. Now is the day of salvation in which God speaks in love through His Son, When wickedness and apostasy has reached its climax, the day of salvation will end and “the day of vengeance of our God” will begin. Then He will speak in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure Psalms 2:5. Then will they say to the mountains and rocks, “Fal

In the dread day of the siege, _when_ ruthless Babylonian hands would profane Yahweh's secret (or rather cherished) place, _i.e._ the Temple, famine would reign, and then not all their silver and gold, of which they had been so haughtily proud, could buy for them a bit of bread, nor could their gilt and silvered gods deliver them. Nor was it only the idolatry of their worship, but the violence, the cruelty, the injustice of their lives, their bloody crimes, that had brought this desecration upon the holy places. All the civil and religious leaders would be at their wits-' end, and, in the absence of true leadership the common people would be helpless. Then, when they are reaping the reward of their sin and folly, they shall know that I am Yahweh. (In Ezekiel 7:23 the words rendered make the chain are obscure and uncertain.)...

DELIVER. rescue. SOULS. cravings of their animal nature. Hebrew. _nepheah._ App-13....