Ezekiel 7:1-19
You will have noticed the name the LORD gives to His servant: "son of man" (one of the titles of the Lord Jesus of whom Ezekiel is a type). This name suggests one chosen from among men, a representative qualified to speak in the name of the fallen human race (see Ecclesiastes 7:28).
The LORD, having announced devastation in ch. 6, solemnly declares in ch. 7 that the fateful day has arrived, the day of His wrath. His great patience towards the guilty people had lasted many centuries. It draws to its end after innumerable warnings. We are reminded about this longsuffering of God that is in operation today towards a world that has crucified His Son. But it will come to an end also in a "day of wrath" incomparably more terrible (Romans 2:5) . This chapter gives us only a faint picture of it. Men are here stricken with horror (vv. 17, 18). Silver and gold, all-powerful up to this time, cease to be of value. Men throw them like rubbish into the streets, realising at last that these cannot satisfy their souls. And above all, riches will not be able to deliver anyone in that day for God only accepts, for the redemption of lost man, the precious blood of Christ (v. 19; cf. Proverbs 11:4; 1 Peter 1:18-19).