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09/12/2024
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Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them ... It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin” (7:19). The Lord declared that His people had turned away from Him as their source of security and power and had trusted in their material possessions instead. These idols had no ability to provide for them or protect them. Because Israel rejected God, He would turn from them, and even the Temple itself would fall (7:22).
“Then they will know that I am the Lord” (7:27). God calls us to honor Him as King, recognizing that earthly things - houses, jobs, bank accounts - cannot protect or satisfy us; He alone is our salvation.