“ You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

“你这受困苦、被风飘荡不得安慰的人哪，我必以彩色安置你的石头，以蓝宝石立定你的根基；

你这受困苦、被暴风卷走、不得怜悯的城，看哪，我必以灰泥来做你的石头，以蓝宝石立你的根基，

你这受困苦、被暴风卷走、不得怜悯的城，看哪，我必以灰泥来做你的石头，以蓝宝石立你的根基，

“困苦不堪、饱经风雨、得不着安慰的城啊，我要以彩石作你的地基，用蓝宝石来建造你，

受困苦、被风飘荡、不得安慰的啊！你看，我要用彩色的石头安置你的基石，以蓝宝石奠定你的根基。

“你这经受困苦、屡遭风暴、不得安慰的城啊！看哪！我必把你的石头安置在金属锑上，以蓝宝石奠定你的根基，

你這受困苦、被風飄蕩不得安慰的人哪，我必以彩色安置你的石頭，以藍寶石立定你的根基；

你這受困苦、被暴風捲走、不得憐憫的城，看哪，我必以灰泥來做你的石頭，以藍寶石立你的根基，

你這受困苦、被暴風捲走、不得憐憫的城，看哪，我必以灰泥來做你的石頭，以藍寶石立你的根基，

「困苦不堪、飽經風雨、得不著安慰的城啊，我要以彩石作你的地基，用藍寶石來建造你，

受困苦、被風飄蕩、不得安慰的啊！你看，我要用彩色的石頭安置你的基石，以藍寶石奠定你的根基。

『受困苦、被風吹蕩、不得安慰的人哪，請注意，是我要用光彩石頭安你的基石，用藍寶石奠定你的根基；

「你這經受困苦、屢遭風暴、不得安慰的城啊！看哪！我必把你的石頭安置在金屬銻上，以藍寶石奠定你的根基，

爾遭患難、飄於巨風、不得慰藉者、我將以丹砂砌爾之石、以青玉作爾之基、

爾遭患難、不納慰藉、若飄於颶風、我必以光石青玉作爾基、

維爾遭患難者、被狂風飄蕩者、不受慰藉者、我必以爾石砌於丹砂、以藍寶石作爾基、

“ Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli.

“ Suffering city, you have been beaten by storms. You have not been comforted. I will rebuild you with turquoise stones. I will rebuild your foundations with lapis lazuli.

“ O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

“ O storm battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli.

“ Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.

“ Afflicted one, storm tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And I will lay your foundations with sapphires.

“ O you afflicted one, Tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems, And lay your foundations with sapphires.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

“ Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I will set your stones in black mortar, and lay your foundations in sapphires.

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest,[ and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

“ O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Because it is contained in Scripture,“ Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh;“ because they have called you an outcast, saying,‘ It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

But Zion said,“ Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

“ For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”Zion spreads out her hands. There is no one to comfort her. Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.

In the twenty- fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, in the same day, Yahweh’s hand was on me, and he brought me there.In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the frame of a city to the south.He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.The man said to me,“ Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I will show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.”Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.Every lodge was one reed long and one reed wide. Between the lodges was five cubits. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side. The three of them were of one measure. The posts had one measure on this side and on that side.He measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a width of twenty- five cubits, door against door.He also made posts, sixty cubits; and the court reached to the posts, around the gate.From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.Then he brought me into the outer court. Behold, there were rooms and a pavement made for the court all around. Thirty rooms were on the pavement.The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces toward the north.The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side. Its posts and its arches were the same as the measure of the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty- five cubits.Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.He led me toward the south; and behold, there was a gate toward the south. He measured its posts and its arches according to these measurements.There were windows in it and in its arches all around, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty- five cubits.There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them. It had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on its posts.There was a gate to the inner court toward the south. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate toward the south.Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate according to these measurements;with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty- five cubits wide.There were arches all around, twenty- five cubits long, and five cubits wide.Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts. The ascent to it had eight steps.He brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured the gate according to these measurements;with its lodges, its posts, and its arches, according to these measurements. There were windows in it and in its arches all around. It was fifty cubits long, and twenty- five cubits wide.Its arches were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.He brought me to the north gate, and he measured it according to these measurements;its lodges, its posts, and its arches. There were windows in it all around. The length was fifty cubits and the width twenty- five cubits.Its posts were toward the outer court. Palm trees were on its posts on this side and on that side. The ascent to it had eight steps.A room with its door was by the posts at the gates. They washed the burnt offering there.In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.On the one side outside, as one goes up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate: eight tables, on which they killed the sacrifices.There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high. They laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day,‘ Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’

I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul,‘ Bow down, that we may walk over you;’ and you have laid your back as the ground, like a street to those who walk over.”Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!For Yahweh says,“ You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”For the Lord Yahweh says:“ My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.“ Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh,“ seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh,“ and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.

In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.

Yahweh said,“ I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God.

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!She weeps bitterly in the night. Her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her. They have become her enemies.

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Therefore now hear this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.There is no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth; and there is no one who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.These two things have happened to you— who will grieve with you?— desolation and destruction, and famine and the sword. How can I comfort you?

They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,“ Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep God’s commandments and hold Jesus’ testimony.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”These are the two olive trees and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations, people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

“ They have heard that I sigh. There is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble. They are glad that you have done it. You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.

As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

“ Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.