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A Picture of Future Glory
Commentators agree that the imagery of a city built with precious stones is a metaphor for the future glory of the Church. This splendor, built by God Himself, will far surpass any earthly beauty or previous experience. It points to a future state of unparalleled magnificence, security, and value for God's people, both in this life and the one to come.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 54:12
18th Century
Theologian
And I will make your windows - The word rendered here ‘windows’ is rendered by Jerome propugnacula - ‘fortresses,’ bulwarks, ramparts; and b…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 54:12
19th Century
Preacher
And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
See what riches belong …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 54:12
16th Century
Theologian
And I will lay thy windows with pearls. By these metaphors he shows that the condition of the Church, as has been previously said, will be…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 54:12
17th Century
Pastor
And I will make your windows of agates
Some sort of which stones, Pliny F24 says, were valued for their c…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 54:11–17
17th Century
Minister
Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, consider that God is speaking comfortingly to them through these words, taking notice of their gr…