Isaiah 49:16

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Isaiah 49:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

17 Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

18 Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 13:9

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Jeremiah 22:24

“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

Haggai 2:23

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 26:1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

Isaiah 54:12

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

Isaiah 60:18

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Revelation 21:10

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21:11

shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

Revelation 21:12

The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

Revelation 21:13

There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Revelation 21:14

The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:15

The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

Revelation 21:16

The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

Revelation 21:17

And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

Revelation 21:18

The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Revelation 21:19

The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Revelation 21:20

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.