The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
Isaiah 54:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires. American Standard Version (1901) O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Common English Bible Suffering one, storm-tossed, uncomforted, look, I am setting your gemstones in silvery metal and your foundations with sapphires. Catholic Public Domain Version O poor little ones, convulsed by the tempest, away from any consolation! Behold, I will set your stones in order, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort: behold, I will lay thy stones in order: and will lay thy foundations with sapphires, |
The king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
He overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and the outer sanctuaries.
So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony, , stones of various colours, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim.
Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labour, they cried out, and their cry for help because of the difficult labour ascended to God.
and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed.
Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel covered with lapis lazuli.
What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.
Therefore the Lord God said: ‘Look, I have laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will be unshakable. ,
who says to Cyrus, ‘My shepherd, he will fulfil all my pleasure’ and says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Its foundation will be laid.’
I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, “Lie down, so that we can walk over you.” You made your back like the ground, and like a street for those who walk on it.
I will make your fortifications out of rubies, your gates out of sparkling stones, and all your walls out of precious stones.
For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,’ says your God.
Instead of your being deserted and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an object of eternal pride, a joy from age to age.
But I will bring you health and will heal you of your wounds – this is the Lord’s declaration – for they call you Outcast, Zion whom no one cares about.
People have heard me groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my misfortune; they are glad that you have caused it. Bring on the day you have announced, so that they may become like me.
Something like a throne with the appearance of lapis lazuli was above the expanse over their heads. On the throne, high above, was someone who looked like a human.
Then I looked, and there above the expanse over the heads of the cherubim was something like a throne with the appearance of lapis lazuli.
A day will come for rebuilding your walls; on that day your boundary will be extended.
Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves #– #but Jesus kept sleeping.
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.’
strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, ‘It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.’
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, “Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ”