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I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir.
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A Picture of Devastation
All commentators agree this verse uses hyperbole to describe the severity of God's judgment on Babylon. The slaughter will be so immense that a single man will become scarcer and more valuable than the purest gold from Ophir, a region renowned for its precious metals. It's a vivid image of near-total devastation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will make a man ... - I will so cut off and destroy the men of Babylon, that a single man to defend the city will be more rare and valuabl…
19th Century
Anglican
I will make a man more precious. — Both the words for man (e̓nosh and a̓dam) express, as in Psalms 8:2,…
16th Century
Protestant
I will make a man more precious than pure gold. Here he describes in a particular manner how cruel and savage the war carried on against B…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will make a man more precious than fine gold Which may denote either the scarcity of men in Babylon, through the s…
We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terribl…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of Babylon. Here the prophet threatens the Babylonians, who had captured the two tribes. This is divided into …
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