Verse 12
Isaiah 13:12
World English Bible, British Edition
12
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the
pure gold of Ophir.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִ/פָּ֑ז וְ/אָדָ֖ם מִ/כֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר
English Translation
I will honor man more than gold, and humanity more than the finest gold.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 13 Context
1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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2
Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them!
Wave your hand, that they may go i...
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3
I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men
for my anger, even my proudly...
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4
The noise of a multitude is in the mountains, as of a great people; the
noise of an uproar of the ki...
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5
They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even
the LORD, and the weapons of h...
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6
Wail, for the LORD’s day is at hand! It will come as destruction
from the Almighty.
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7
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt.
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8
They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be
in pain like a woman in labou...
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9
Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger;
to make the land a desolation...
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10
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their
light. The sun will be darkened...
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11
I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity.
I will cause the arroganc...
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12
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the
pure gold of Ophir.
13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken
out of its place in the LORD...
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14
It will happen that like a hunted gazelle and like sheep that no one
gathers, they will each turn to...
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15
Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured
will fall by the sword.
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16
Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Their
houses will be ransacked, and t...
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17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not
value silver, and as for gold, they will...
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18
Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no
pity on the fruit of the womb....
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19
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
will be like when God (Elohim) o...
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20
It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation
to generation. The Arabian w...
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21
But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will
be full of jackals. Ostriches w...
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22
Hyenas will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces.
Her time is near to come,...
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