# Your gold and your silver have become tarnished "Your gold and silver will become tarnished" # have become tarnished ... their rust "are ruined ... their ruined condition" # their rust will be a witness against you. It "and when God judges you, your ruined treasures will be like someone who accuses you in court. Their corrosion" # will consume ... like fire Here the corrosion is spoken of as if it were a fire that will burn up their owners. # your flesh Here "flesh" stands for the physical body. # fire The idea of fire here is meant to lead people to remember that fire often stands for God's punishment that will come on all the wicked. # for the last days "for when God is about to judge you"