כַּסְפָּ֞ם בַּחוּצ֣וֹת יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּ וּזְהָבָם֮ לְנִדָּ֣ה יִֽהְיֶה֒ כַּסְפָּ֨ם וּזְהָבָ֜ם לֹֽא־יוּכַ֣ל לְהַצִּילָ֗ם בְּיוֹם֙ עֶבְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה נַפְשָׁם֙ לֹ֣א יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּ וּמֵעֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ כִּֽי־מִכְשׁ֥וֹל עֲוֺנָ֖ם הָיָֽה׃
Mereka akan membuang perak mereka ke jalan-jalan, dan emas mereka akan menjadi barang yang menjijikkan. Perak dan emas mereka tidak akan dapat menyelamatkan mereka pada hari murka Yang Mahakekal. Mereka tidak akan dapat mengenyangkan jiwa mereka dan tidak akan dapat mengisi perut mereka, sebab itulah yang menjadi batu sandungan kesalahan mereka.
Duties of the Heart
(7) It is possible that the alchemist will not be able to buy food with his gold and silver due to no food being available in the city at times, as written: "they shall cast their money in the streets" (Yechezkel 7:19), and "neither silver nor gold will be able to save them" (Tzefania 1:18), but for one who trusts in G-d, his sustenance will not be blocked at any time or in any place, as written "in famine He redeemed you from death" (Iyov 5:20), and "the L-ord is my shepherd, I shall not lack" (Tehilim 23:1), and "They will not be shamed in time of calamity, and in days of famine they shall still be satisfied" (Tehilim 37:19).