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19 They will throw their silver and gold into the streets like garbage. Their silver and gold won’t be able to rescue them on the day of Yahweh’s anger. It will no longer satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs. Their silver and gold caused them to fall into sin. 20 They were proud of their beautiful jewels and used them to make disgusting and detestable statues of false gods. That is why I will make their jewels disgusting. 21 I will hand their jewels over to foreigners as loot and to the most evil people on earth as prizes. These foreigners will dishonor the people of Israel.

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19 “‘They will throw their silver into the streets,(A)
    and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean.
Their silver and gold
    will not be able to deliver them
    in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
It will not satisfy(C) their hunger
    or fill their stomachs,
    for it has caused them to stumble(D) into sin.(E)
20 They took pride in their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make(F) their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;(G)
    therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.(H)
21 I will give their wealth as plunder(I) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(J)

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