Song of Solomon 5:14
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His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
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and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
The workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.