Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
Parallel translations
- WEB Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
- KJV Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
- NKJV Their land is also full of silver and gold, And there is no end to their treasures; Their land is also full of horses, And there is no end to their chariots.
- NASB Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses, And there is no end to their chariots.
- NLT Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots.
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Quick answer
Their land overflows with silver, gold, horses, and chariots. Their abundant wealth and military power had become objects of misplaced trust.
Overview
Material riches and military strength, in themselves not evil, had become substitutes for trust in God. Kings were specifically warned against accumulating such things (Deuteronomy 17:16-17). The verse exposes the human tendency to rely on resources rather than the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Isa 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
- Isa 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- Deut 17:16–17But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Mic 5:10“In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
- Rev 18:11–17And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
- 2 Chr 9:20–25All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kgs 4:26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- Jas 5:1–3Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- 1 Kgs 10:21–27All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- Hos 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Rev 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
- Jer 5:27–28Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
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