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Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 13:12 · Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 13:12 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 people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.
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In context
9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
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