“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.”
The prophetic address 'O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires' promises that Jerusalem's reconstruction will involve beauty and precious materials, elevating restoration beyond mere functionality to aesthetic glory. The image of antimony (black stone) and sapphires suggests designs of surpassing beauty. The address 'O afflicted one' acknowledges past suffering while announcing transformation. This verse envisions a new Jerusalem more beautiful than the destroyed one, suggesting that suffering is not merely reversed but transfigured.
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