Emerald

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A precious stone)
• Color of the rainbowRevelation 4:3
• Merchandise of, in TyreEzekiel 27:16Ezekiel 28:13
• Set in the breastplateExodus 28:18
• SYMBOLICAL
• In the foundation of the holy cityRevelation 21:19

The passages, in Bible order (5)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 28:18

   in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

   ›Commentary on Exodus 28:181 voice

   “And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

   Everything gathered on Exodus 28:18→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Ezekiel 27:16

   Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 27:162 voices

   “(Vers. 15, 16.) Many islands have traded with your merchandise: they have exchanged ivory and ebony for your price. Your merchant, Syrus, because of the multitude of your works, has presented pearls, purple, embroidered garments, fine linen, silk, and scarlet in your market. LXX: They have multiplied your merchandise with islands: you were repaying your wages with elephant tusks and those who were being brought in. Your business has been purchased by many of your customers: They traded in aphec, stacten, and polymita from Tharsis and Ramoth and Chodchod in your market.

   “Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making,....

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 27:16→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. Ezekiel 28:13

   You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

   ›Commentary on Ezekiel 28:132 voices

   “(Vers. 11 seqq.) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, onyx, and beryl, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald. Gold was the workmanship of your settings and your engravings; on the day that you were created they were prepared.

   “He had in himself the power of admitting either good or evil. Falling away from good, he turned with his whole mind to evil. There are other created beings who, while possessing the power to choose either, by the exercise of free will flee from evil and cleave to the good.

   Everything gathered on Ezekiel 28:13→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. Revelation 4:3

   The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

   ›Commentary on Revelation 4:32 voices

   “Here, however, the predominating color among the prismatic colors is green, the most refreshing of colors to look upon, and so symbolizing God's consolatory promises in Christ to His people amidst judgments on His foes. Moreover, the rainbow was the appointed token of God's covenant with all flesh, and His people in particular.

   [Daniel 7:9] "I beheld until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of days took His seat. His garment was as white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was composed of fiery flames and its wheels were set on fire. From before His presence there issued forth a rushing, fiery stream."

   Everything gathered on Revelation 4:3→

   Verse page →Original language →

5. Revelation 21:19

   The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

   ›Commentary on Revelation 21:192 voices

   “The city which he says is squared, he says also is resplendent with gold and precious stones, and has a sacred street, and a river through the midst of it, and the tree of life on either side, bearing twelve manner of fruits throughout the twelve months; and that the light of the sun is not there, because the Lamb is the light of it; and that its gates were of single pearls; and that there were three gates on each of the four sides, and that they could not be shut.

   “Tradition assures us that the heavenly Jerusalem that is above is built up of holy gems, and we know that the twelve gates of the heavenly city, which signify the wonderful beauty of the apostolic teaching, are compared with precious jewels. These priceless stones are described as possessing certain colors that are themselves precious, while the rest is left of an earthly substance. To say that the city of the saints is built of such jewels, even though it is a spiritual edifice, is a cogent symbol indeed.

   Everything gathered on Revelation 21:19→

   Verse page →Original language →