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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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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 13:12
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 13:12
19th Century
Bishop
I will make a man more precious. — Both the words for man (e̓nosh and a̓dam) express, as in Psalms 8:2,…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 13:12
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Isaiah 13:12
17th Century
Pastor
I will make a man more precious than fine gold
Which may denote either the scarcity of men in Babylon, through the s…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 13:6–18
17th Century
Minister
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…