Isaiah 13:12

I will make enosh more rare than rare gold; 1 even adam than the gold of Ophir. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 punish the tevel (world) for ra'ah, 1 and the resha'im for their avon (iniquity); 1 and I will cause the ga'on (arrogance) of the proud to cease, 1 and will lay low the ga'avah (pride) of the tyrant. 1

13Therefore I will shake Shomayim, 1 and Ha'Aretz (the Earth) shall move out of her makom (place), 1 in the evrat Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and in His Yom Charon Af. 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav. All these were the Bnei Yoktan.

Psalms 137:9Ashrei shall he be, 1 that taketh and dasheth thy olalim against the sela.

Isaiah 10:19And the remnant of the etz of his forest shall be few, 1 that a na'ar could record them.

Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured Eretz, 1 and they that dwell therein are guilty; therefore, 1 the inhabitants of her + 24:6 the earth are diminished, 1 and few enosh (humankind) left. 1

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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