Verse 12

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 4:1 : 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.
  • Isa 24:6 : 6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
  • Isa 13:15-18 : 15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through; and everyone who is joined to them will fall by the sword. 16 Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished. 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver; and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.
  • Job 28:16 : 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
  • Ps 137:9 : 9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.