Genesis 23:17
Isaiah 54:12
12. windows—rather, "battlements"; literally, "suns"; applied to battlements from their radiated appearance.
agates—rather, "rubies." carbuncles—literally, "sparkling gems"; the carbuncle when held to the sun becomes like a burning coal. all thy borders—rather, "thy whole circuit," consisting of precious stones. The glory of the Church on earth, when the Hebrew Church, according to the original design, shall be the metropolis of Christendom.
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