Isaiah 13:12
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I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
In other translations
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
- Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- Psalm 137:9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
- Isaiah 13:15-1815 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. 16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. 18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
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People and places
Places: Ophir