Isaiah 13:12
I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.
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- Isa 4:1 : 1 Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say,“We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you– take away our shame!”
- Isa 24:6 : 6 So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.
- Isa 13:15-18 : 15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword. 16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped. 17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold. 18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
- Job 28:16 : 16 It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.
- Ps 137:9 : 9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
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