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Isaiah 13:12

Isaiah 13:12 is verse 12 of Isaiah chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

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King James Version

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

World English Bible

I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir.

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Isaiah 13:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 13:15

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

Isaiah 13:17

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

Isaiah 13:18

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.

Isaiah 4:1

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 24:6

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.

Psalms 137:9

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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