12I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-18)We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon it. Those that were now secure and easy were bidden to howl and make sad lamentation; for, I. God was about to appear in wrath against them, and it is a fearful thing to fall into his hands: The day of the Lord is a…
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