Daily Devotions
Ezekiel
"They will throw their silver into the streets"
Text: Ezekiel 7:19
THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH
Israel had sought after wealth. They amassed vast amounts of gold and silver. But could their wealth stave off war?
“They will throw their silver into the streets,
And their gold will be like refuse;
Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them
In the day of the wrath of the Lord;
They will not satisfy their souls,
Nor fill their stomachs,
Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.”
Ezekiel 7:19
1. Silver
a) If the people tried to escape from the invading Babylonians their silver would hinder them.
b) Many tried to bring silver with them as they ran for their lives.
c) They ended up abandoning their silver in the streets.
2. Gold
a) Many sought to accumulate gold.
b) That was even worse for it was heavier than silver.
c) Gold was abandoned as one would discard refuse.
d) To escape with one’s life was of paramount importance.
3. Can gold and silver deliver the people?
a) Some may have tried.
b) But no one succeeded.
c) No amount of silver and gold would bring deliverance.
4. The day of the wrath of God.
a) Silver and gold cannot satisfy hunger.
b) They certainly cannot satisfy the needs of the soul.
5. Iniquity
a) Silver and gold were used to make idols.
b) These idols became Israel’s iniquity.
c) The idols became a stumbling block to the nation.
d) The nation had abandoned their God to worship idols.
e) This was their shame and foolishness.