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10 Even if the mountains are removed
and the hills displaced,
my devotion will not be removed from you,
nor will my covenant of friendship[a] be displaced,”
says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
11 “O afflicted one, driven away,[b] and unconsoled!
Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony,
and lay your foundation with lapis lazuli.
12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems,[c]
your gates out of beryl,[d]
and your outer wall[e] out of beautiful[f] stones.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:10 tn Heb “peace” (so many English versions); NLT “of blessing.”
  2. Isaiah 54:11 tn Or, more literally, “windblown, storm-tossed.”
  3. Isaiah 54:12 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
  4. Isaiah 54:12 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (ʾeqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
  5. Isaiah 54:12 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
  6. Isaiah 54:12 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”