Isaiah 54:11

Easy To Read Version

“You poor city!\par Enemies came against you like storms.\par And no one comforted you.\par But I will build you again.\par I will use a beautiful mortar\par to lay the stones of your walls.\par I will use sapphire stones\par when I lay the foundation.\par

Cross References

1 Kings 5:17

King Solomon commanded them to cut out big, expensive stones to be the foundation for the temple. These stones were carefully cut.

1 Kings 6:30

The floor of both rooms was covered with gold.

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have done my best to make plans to build my God’s temple. {\cf2\super [312]} I have given gold for the things made of gold. I have given silver for the things made of silver. I have given bronze for the things made of bronze. I have given iron for the things made of iron. I have given wood for the things made of wood. I have also given onyx {\cf2\super [313]} stones for the settings, {\cf2\super [314]} mosaic tiles, {\cf2\super [315]} all kinds of valuable stones in many different colors, and white marble stones. I have given many, many of these things for the building of the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 3:6

Solomon put valuable stones in the temple for beauty. The gold Solomon used was gold from Parvaim. {\cf2\super [30]}

Job 28:16

You can’t buy wisdom with\par gold from Ophir or precious onyx {\cf2\super [53]} \par or sapphires. {\cf2\super [54]} \par

Psalm 34:19

Good people might have many problems,\par but the Lord will save them\par from every one of their problems.\par

Exodus 2:23

A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the people of Israel were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.

Exodus 24:10

On the mountain, these men saw the God of Israel. God was standing on something that looked like blue sapphires, as clear as the sky!

Exodus 3:2

On that mountain, Moses saw the Angel of the Lord in a burning bush. {This is how it happened.} Moses saw a bush that was burning without being destroyed.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt. And I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.

Isaiah 14:32

\{That army will send messengers\par to their country.\}\par What will those messengers tell their people?\par They will announce:\par \{Philistia was defeated,\}\par but the Lord made Zion {\cf2\super [156]} strong.\par And his poor people went there for safety.\par

Isaiah 28:16

Because of those things, the Lord my Master says, “I will put a rock—a cornerstone—in the ground in Zion. {\cf2\super [259]} This will be a very precious stone. {\cf2\super [260]} Everything will be built on this very important rock. Any person that trusts \{in that rock\} will not be disappointed.

Isaiah 44:28

The Lord says to Cyrus, {\cf2\super [398]} \par “You are my shepherd.\par You will do the things I want.\par You will say to Jerusalem,\par ‘You will be built again!’\par You will tell the temple, {\cf2\super [399]} \par ‘Your foundations will be built again!’”\par

Isaiah 49:14

But now Zion {\cf2\super [415]} says,\par “The Lord left me.\par My Master forgot me.”\par

Isaiah 51:21

Listen to me, poor Jerusalem. You are \{weak like\} a drunk person, but you are not drunk from wine. \{You are weak from that “cup of poison.”\}

Isaiah 51:23

I will now use my anger to punish the people that hurt you. Those people tried to kill you. They told you, ‘Bow down before us, and we will walk on you!’ They forced you to bow down before them. And then they walked on your back like dirt. You were like a road for them to walk on.”

Isaiah 54:12

The stones on top of the wall\par will be made from rubies.\par I will use shiny jewels for the gates.\par I will use precious stones\par to build the walls around you.\par

Isaiah 54:6

You were like a woman\par whose husband had left her.\par You were very sad in your spirit,\par but the Lord called you to be his.\par You were like a woman that married young, and her husband left her.\par But God called you to be his.\par

Isaiah 60:15

“You will never again be left alone.\par You will never again be hated.\par You will never again be empty.\par I will make you great forever.\par You will be happy forever and ever.\par

Jeremiah 30:17

And I will bring your health back.\par And I will heal your wounds.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par “Why? Because other people\par said you were outcasts. {\cf2\super [241]} \par Those people said,\par ‘No one cares about Zion. {\cf2\super [242]} ’”\par

Lamentations 1:21

“Listen to me, because I am groaning!\par I have no person to comfort me.\par All my enemies have heard of my trouble.\par They are happy.\par They are happy that you did this to me.\par You said there would be a time of punishment.\par You said you would punish my enemies.\par Now do what you said.\par Let my enemies be like I am now.\par

Ezekiel 10:1

Then I looked up at the bowl {\cf2\super [78]} over the heads of the Cherub angels. {\cf2\super [79]} The bowl looked clear blue like sapphire. And there was something that looked like a throne over the bowl.

Micah 7:11

The time \{will come\} when your walls\par will be built again.\par At that time, the country will grow.\par

Matthew 8:24

After the boat left the shore, a very bad storm began on the lake. The waves covered the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.

John 16:33

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

Acts 14:22

In those cities Paul and Barnabas made the followers \{of Jesus\} stronger. They helped them to stay in the faith. Paul and Barnabas said, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”

Ephesians 2:20

You believers are like a building that God owns. That building was built on the foundation that the apostles {\cf2\super [15]} and prophets {\cf2\super [16]} prepared. Christ himself is the most important stone {\cf2\super [17]} in that building.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time, I will become very angry at them, and I will leave them. I will refuse to help them, and they will be destroyed. Terrible things will happen to them, and they will have many troubles. Then they will say, ‘These bad things happened to us because our God is not with us.’