Isaiah 54:12

I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses the afflicted city of Jerusalem, promising to replace its storm-wrecked state with enduring, costly materials.

The words — שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ (shim.sho.Ta.yi/kh) denotes your battlements or pinnacles, and אֶקְדָּ֑ח ('ek.Dach) specifies beryl, a hard, lustrous stone.

The thread — The motif of a fortified city constructed from precious stones recurs in Revelation 21:18-21, which describes the New Jerusalem with walls of jasper and foundations of gemstones.

Why it lands — The text declares a material transformation from storm-damaged ruins to impregnable, jewel-covered fortifications, demanding recognition of God's power to restore what human effort cannot.

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The Hebrew words

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve./sam.Tiand/ I will make כַּֽדְכֹד֙kad.Khodruby שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְshim.sho.Ta.yi/khbattlements/ your וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְu./she.'a.Ra.yi/khand/ gates/ your לְאַבְנֵ֣יle./'av.Nei<to>/ stones of אֶקְדָּ֑ח'ek.Dachberyl וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְge.vu.Le/khborder/ your לְאַבְנֵי־le./'av.nei-<to>/ stones of חֵֽפֶץ׃Che.fetzdelight

King James Version

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