Ezekiel 7 · Verse 19

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.
Ezekiel 7:19, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:19 in other translations

BSBThey will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
WEBThey will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
ASVThey shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
YLTTheir silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.
DARBYThey shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an impurity: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their belly; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.
BBEThey will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.
WebsterThey 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 stumbling-block of their iniquity.

What does Ezekiel 7:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. cast ... silver in ... streets--just retribution; they had abused their silver and gold by converting them into idols, "the stumbling-block of their iniquity" (Eze 14:3, 4, that is, 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" (see Pr 11:4), shall, in despair, be cast by them into the streets as a prey to the foe, by whom they shall be "removed" (Grotius translates as the Margin, "shall be despised as an unclean thing"); or rather, as suits the parallelism, "shall be put away from them" by the Jews [Calvin]. "They (the silver and gold) shall not satisfy their souls," that is, their cravings of appetite and other needs.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:16-22

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…

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Ezekiel 7:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כַּסְפָּ֞םkas.Pamsilver theirH3701
בַּחוּצ֣וֹתba.chu.Tzotin the streetsH2351
יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּyash.Li.khuthey will throwH7993
וּזְהָבָם֮u.ze.ha.Vamand gold theirH2091
לְנִדָּ֣הle.ni.Dah<into> an impure thingH5079
יִֽהְיֶה֒yih.Yehit will becomeH1961
כַּסְפָּ֨םkas.Pamsilver theirH3701
וּזְהָבָ֜םu.ze.ha.Vamand gold theirH2091
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יוּכַ֣לyu.Khalit will be ableH3201
לְהַצִּילָ֗םle.ha.tzi.Lamto deliver themH5337
בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmin [the] day ofH3117
עֶבְרַ֣ת'ev.Rat[the] fury ofH5678
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
נַפְשָׁם֙naf.Shamappetite theirH5315
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּye.sa.Be.'uthey will satisfyH7646
וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖םu.me.'ei.Hemand inward parts theirH4578
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יְמַלֵּ֑אוּye.ma.Le.'uthey will fillH4390
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
מִכְשׁ֥וֹלmikh.Shol[the] stumbling block ofH4383
עֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.Naminiquity theirH5771
הָיָֽה\׃ha.Yahit has becomeH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:19

  • Proverbs 11:4

    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  • Ezekiel 14:7

    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

  • Luke 12:19-20

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

  • Isaiah 2:20

    In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  • Matthew 16:26

    For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • Ecclesiastes 5:10

    He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

  • Job 20:12-23

    Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. …

  • Ezekiel 44:12

    Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.

  • Ezekiel 14:3-4

    Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

  • Isaiah 30:22

    Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  • Isaiah 55:2

    Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall cast.
2Ki 7:7,8,15; Pr 11:4; Isa 2:20; 30:22; Zep 1:18; Mt 16:26
removed. Heb. for a separation, or uncleanness. they shallnot.
Job 20:12-23; Ps 78:30,31; Ec 5:10; Isa 55:2; Lu 12:19,20
it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity. or, theiriniquity is their stumbling-block.
14:3,4,7; 44:12; Ro 11:9

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:18

    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.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 7:20

    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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Ezekiel 7:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Arrojarán su plata por las calles, y su oro será desechado; su plata ni su oro, no podrá librarlos en el día del furor de Jehová; no saciarán su alma, ni henchirán sus entrañas: porque ha sido tropiezo para su maldad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils jetteront leur argent dans les rues, et leur or sera rejeté comme une impureté; leur argent ni leur or ne pourra les délivrer au jour de la fureur de l’ Éternel; ils ne rassasieront pas leurs âmes, et ne rempliront pas leurs entrailles, car c’est ce qui a été la pierre d’achoppement de leur iniquité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr Silber werden sie auf die Gassen werfen, und ihr Gold wird als Unflat gelten; ihr Silber und ihr Gold wird sie nicht erretten können am Tage des Grimmes Jehovas; ihren Hunger werden sie damit nicht stillen und ihren Bauch davon nicht füllen. Denn es ist ein Anstoß zu ihrer Missetat gewesen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Argentum eorum foras projicietur, et aurum eorum in sterquilinium erit: argentum eorum et aurum eorum non valebit liberare eos in die furoris Domini: animam suam non saturabunt, et ventres eorum non implebuntur, quia scandalum iniquitatis eorum factum est.