Ezekiel 7 · Grade 5
Silver and Gold Cannot Deliver
Read and Think
Ezekiel 7 is a poem of urgent warning. Its first word for the land of Israel is An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land. God had warned for generations; now the time of patience was ending. Over and over God says he will judge them according to their ways, and then they will know that he is Yahweh.
The poem shows everyday life collapsing. Buyers would not rejoice and sellers would not mourn, because property would no longer matter. The trumpet would sound, but no one would go to the battle. People would become weak, all knees weak as water. They would throw their silver into the streets, because their silver and gold would not be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath. The wealth that had become the stumbling block of their iniquity was now useless.
The chapter ends with a search that comes too late. They would seek peace, and there would be none. They would seek a vision of the prophet, but the law would perish from the priest and counsel from the elders. Even the king and the prince would mourn. The lesson is sobering: there is a time to turn, and it is now. In the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 6:2 says, Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Show What You Know
What does the repeated phrase according to your ways teach?
Why would silver and gold be thrown into the streets?
What three sources of guidance would fail at the end of the chapter?
What New Testament verse says now is the day of salvation?
Crossword
Across
- For the ____ concerns the whole multitude of it
- And will ____ you according to your ways
Down
- They will cast their ____ in the streets
- And will judge you according to your ____
- The Lord Yahweh says to the ____ of Israel
Think About It
The people trusted silver and gold, but wealth could not save them. What do people today trust instead of God?
The chapter warns about waiting too long to turn to God. Is there anything you have been putting off obeying?
Memory Verse
“They 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 Yahweh’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.”
Ezekiel 7:19 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for giving us time to turn to You. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What does this chapter teach about urgency?
- How does 2 Corinthians 6:2 connect to Ezekiel 7?
- What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?
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