Ezekiel 28:13
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13 You were in (A)Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of (B)your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
Ezekiel 36:35
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35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of (A)Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’
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Ezekiel 27:16
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16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies.
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Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will (A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Genesis 2:8
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Life in God’s Garden
8 The Lord God planted (A)a garden (B)eastward in (C)Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
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Ezekiel 31:8-9
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8 The cedars in the (A)garden of God could not hide it;
The fir trees were not like its boughs,
And the [a]chestnut trees were not like its branches;
No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.
9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches,
So that all the trees of Eden envied it,
That were in the garden of God.’
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:8 Or plane, Heb. armon
Ezekiel 28:15
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15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till (A)iniquity was found in you.
Genesis 3:23-24
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23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden (A)to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (B)He drove out the man; and He placed (C)cherubim (D)at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of (E)life.
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Revelation 21:19-20
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19 (A)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 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.
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Revelation 17:4
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4 The woman (A)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, (B)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, (C)having in her hand a golden cup (D)full of abominations and the filthiness of [a]her fornication.
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- Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth
Revelation 2:7
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7 (A)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give (B)to eat from (C)the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’
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Ezekiel 27:22
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22 The merchants of (A)Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold.
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Ezekiel 21:30
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30 ‘Return(A) it to its sheath.
(B)I will judge you
In the place where you were created,
(C)In the land of your [a]nativity.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 21:30 Or origin
Isaiah 54:11-12
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11 “O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with (A)colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
Isaiah 30:32
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32 And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the Lord lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of (A)brandishing He will fight with it.
Isaiah 23:16
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16 “Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”
Isaiah 14:11
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11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’
Exodus 39:10-21
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10 (A)And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; 11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. 14 There were (B)twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. 16 They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. 19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. 20 They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. 21 And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 28:17-20
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17 (A)And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a [a]sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row, a [b]jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a [c]beryl, an [d]onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.
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- Exodus 28:17 Or ruby
- Exodus 28:19 Or amber
- Exodus 28:20 Or yellow jasper
- Exodus 28:20 Or carnelian
Genesis 2:11-12
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11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts (A)the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. (B)Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
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Ezekiel 26:13
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13 (A)I will put an end to the sound of (B)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.
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Genesis 13:10
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10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all (A)the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord (B)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) (C)like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward (D)Zoar.
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Joel 2:3
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3 A fire devours before them,
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like (A)the Garden of Eden before them,
(B)And behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.
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