Isaiah 54:11

Afflicted one, storm-driven and uncomforted one, 1 look, I will set your pavement in turquoise, and lay your foundations with sapphires. 1

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O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

In Context

10Though the mountains may fall and the hills be shaken, 1 yet my steadfast love will not turn away from you, nor will my covenant of peace be shaken— 1 says Yahweh, who has mercy on you. 1

12I will make your pinnacles of rubies and your gates of sparkling stones, 1 and your outer wall of beautiful stones. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 2:23A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.

Exodus 3:7Yahweh said, “I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their shouts because of their taskmasters, for I know about their suffering.

Exodus 28:17You must place in it four rows of precious stones. The first row must have a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet.

Deuteronomy 31:17Then, on that day, my anger will be kindled against them and I will abandon them. I will hide my face from them and they will be devoured. Many disasters and troubles will find them so that they will say on that day, 'Have these disasters not come upon us because our God is not in our midst?'

1 Kings 6:30Solomon overlaid the floor of the house with gold, in both the outer and inner rooms.

2 Chronicles 3:6He decorated the house with precious stones; the gold was gold from Parvaim.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:7-11

The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 6 For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go… Read the whole commentary →

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