Ezekiel 7:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

We have attended the fate of those that are cut off, and are now to attend the flight of those that have an opportunity of escaping the danger; some of them shall escape (Ezek. 7:16), but what the better? As good die once as, in a miserable life, die a thousand deaths, and escape only like Cain to be fugitives and vagabonds, and afraid of being slain by every one they meet; so shall these be. I. They shall have no comfort or satisfaction in their own minds, but be in continual anguish and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 7:19

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 7:19

Verse 19 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,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:12-19

The limitation of the power of riches. "The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn," etc. It is not wise to despise riches, or to affect to do so, or to depreciate them. They have many uses; they may be made the means of promoting the physical well being and the mental progress of their possessor, of enabling him to do much good to others, and of furthering the highest and best interests of the human race. When wisely employed, they produce most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:16-22

Fallacious deliverance. Flight is not deliverance. If the invading army is God's army, no escape is possible, save in submission. We cannot elude God's detectives. Lonely mountains, no more than crowded cities, serve as an asylum, if God be our Foe. As we cannot get beyond the limits of his world, neither can we get beyond the reach of his sword. I. THEIR MISERY . They may escape, for a moment, sword wounds and bodily captivity; yet they have not escaped from inward distress and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:19

They shall cast their silver, etc. The words remind us of Isaiah 2:20 and Isaiah 30:22 , with the difference that here it is the silver and gold as such, and not the idols made of them, that are to be flung away. They had made the actual metal their idol, and their confidence in it should be powerless to deliver them ( Zephaniah 1:18 ). Their gold shall be removed; better, with the Revised Version, as an unclean thing. The word implies the kind of impurity of Ezekiel 18:6 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:19

Gold and silver. Gold and silver are here referred to as precious things that have become worthless in the confusion consequent on the sack of Jerusalem. Inasmuch as they are usually regarded as of great value and guarded with especial care, kept in purses and safe places, to throw them in the streets is to reverse the normal treatment of them. I. THE VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER IS NOT STABLE . Financially, this fact is recognized in the Money Market, but it goes further... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 7:19

The limitations to the power of wealth. The description of the text is remarkably picturesque. We seem to behold the panic-stricken remnant escaping from the city with trembling forms and anxious countenances. Horror and shame impel their flight, as, girded in coarse sackcloth, they hurry away, barely hoping that they may save their lives. As they go, in their terror they cast away their silver and gold, the burden of which may impede their fight, and which have lost their interest in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 7:19

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. read more

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