Isaiah 54:12

And make rubies, thy battlements, And thy gates, sparkling stones,—And, all thy boundaries, stones of delight;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

In Context

11O thou humbled one storm-tossed, uncomforted,—Lo! I, am about to set in antimony, thy stones, And will found thee in sapphires;

13And, all thy children, shall be the instructed of Yahweh,—And, great, shall be the prosperity of thy children.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:19and the third row an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;

Isaiah 49:16Lo! on the palms of my hands, have I portrayed thee,—Thy walls are before me continually.

Zechariah 9:16So will Yahweh their God, save them, on that day. yea, as a flock of sheep, his people,—for [they shall be like] the jewels of a diadem sparkling over his land.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 54:12-17

The Prosperity of the Church; The Prosperity of Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of thy children. 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou… Read the whole commentary →

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