Isaiah 13:12
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12 I will make mortals more rare than fine gold
and humans than the gold of Ophir.
Isaiah 4:1
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4 Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying,
“We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes;
just let us be called by your name;
take away our disgrace.”(A)
Isaiah 24:6
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6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth dwindled,
and few people are left.(A)
Psalm 137:9
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9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones
and dash them against the rock!(A)
Job 28:16
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16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.[a]
Footnotes
- 28.16 Or lapis lazuli
Isaiah 13:15-18
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15 Whoever is found will be thrust through,
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives raped.(A)
17 See, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.(B)
18 Their bows will slaughter the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.(C)
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