“And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.”
The continuation 'I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones' extends the architectural restoration to jeweled magnificence, suggesting that the restored Jerusalem becomes a jeweled city of transcendent beauty. The accumulation of precious stones (rubies, carbuncles, sapphires) creates an image of surpassing splendor. This verse suggests that restoration is not merely reparation but transformation into something transcendent. The new Jerusalem exceeds the old in beauty and glory.
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