Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
BSB
ASV
I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
KJV
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
(Verse 12) A man will be more precious than gold and a human more adorned than the world. LXX: And those who have been abandoned will be honored more than refined gold, and a man will be more honorable than the sapphire stone.
I will make a man more precious than fine gold-wedge of Ophir - The Medes and Persians will not be satisfied with the spoils of the Babylonians. They seek either to destroy or enslave them; and they will accept no ransom for any man - either for אנוש enosh, the poor man, or for אדם adam, the more honorable person. All must fall by the sword, or go into captivity together; for the Medes, (Isa 13:17), regard not silver, and delight not in gold.
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Isaiah 4:1In 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…
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and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
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Psalms 137:9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in…
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
