Isa 13:12 | NETfull | STEP | I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.

Isaiah 13:12

12 I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold,
and people more scarce ^{▼▼ The verb is supplied in the translation from the first line. The verb in the first line (“I will make scarce”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.} than gold from Ophir.