Isaiah 54:11

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 54:6 Parallel

In Isaiah 54:6, Israel is described as a forsaken wife — verse 11 continues the image of the afflicted, now promised restoration.

In Isaiah 49:14, Zion laments being forsaken — here in 54:11, the same afflicted one is promised glorious restoration.

In Isaiah 51:17-19, Jerusalem is depicted as drunk from God's fury, with no one to guide her — verse 11 similarly portrays her as afflicted and comfortless.

In Isaiah 51:23, God promises to give the cup of fury to those who afflicted Jerusalem — verse 11 directly addresses that afflicted one, now being comforted.

In Isaiah 52:1-5, Zion is called to awake and put on beautiful garments — verse 11 promises her foundations adorned with jewels.

Isaiah 60:15 echoes this transformation from forsaken to majestic—both promise reversal of Zion's desolation.

Isaiah 44:26 promises the rebuilding of Jerusalem's ruins—directly parallel to the restoration with precious stones here.

In Revelation 21:18-21, the New Jerusalem has foundations adorned with precious stones, directly fulfilling this prophecy.

In 1 Peter 2:4-6, believers are living stones built on Christ, fulfilling the promise of precious stones as a spiritual house.

In Ephesians 2:20, the church is built on apostles and prophets with Christ as cornerstone, reinterpreting this foundation imagery spiritually.

Lamentations 1:17 repeats 'no one to comfort her' again verbally mirroring Isaiah's 'not comforted'.

Jeremiah 30:17 promises healing and restoration to Zion, called an outcast—identical theme of comfort after forsakenness in Isaiah.

Lamentations 1:2 says 'no one to comfort her' directly echoing Isaiah's 'not comforted'—a precise verbal link.

Revelation 21:19 lists sapphire among the New Jerusalem's foundation jewels—a direct fulfillment and expansion of this promise to lay foundations with sapphires.

Revelation 21:14 Prophetic fulfillment

Revelation 21:14 describes the New Jerusalem's twelve foundations—a direct fulfillment of the promise here to lay foundations with precious stones.

Lamentations 1:9 describes Jerusalem's affliction with no comforter—the very situation God promises to reverse in this verse by setting precious stones.

1 Kings 7:10 mentions large foundation stones for the temple, echoing the concept of foundations being laid in this verse.

In Exodus 24:10, a pavement of sapphire appears under God's feet, prefiguring the sapphire foundations promised here.

2 Chronicles 3:6 says the temple was adorned with precious stones, directly mirroring the use of stones like turquoise and lapis lazuli here.

In 1 Chronicles 29:2, David provides precious stones for the temple, prefiguring the glorious adornment promised here.

1 Corinthians 3:12 uses 'precious stones' as building materials for a foundation—a parallel metaphor to the restoration of Jerusalem with sapphire foundations here.

In 1 Kings 5:17, costly stones form the temple's foundation, paralleling this promise of precious foundations for restored Jerusalem.

In Exodus 39:10, the breastpiece stones are described, echoing the use of precious stones in this promise of a beautified Jerusalem.

In Exodus 28:17-20, the high priest's breastpiece is set with precious stones, mirroring this imagery of Jerusalem adorned with gems.