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.
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:
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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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.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Isa 30:16but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”; therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift”; therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
- Isa 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
- Deut 17:16–17Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
- Mic 5:10“It will happen in that day”, says Yahweh, “that I will cut off your horses out from among you, and will destroy your chariots.
- Rev 18:11–17The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;
- 2 Chr 9:20–25All king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kgs 4:26Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- Jas 5:1–3Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
- 1 Kgs 10:21–27All king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon.
- Hos 14:3Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”
- Rev 18:3For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”
- Jer 5:27–28As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
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