Isaiah 13:12

A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.

13For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Jectan.

Psalms 137:9The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Isaiah 10:19And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.

Isaiah 24:6Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, and the inhabitants thereof shall sin: and therefore they that dwell therein shall be mad, and few men shall be left.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 13:7-19

The Doom of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy… Read the whole commentary →

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