Holy Scripture
Isaiah 54:12
A church father on this verse
“It seems to me also that that fancy of Plato, that those stones that we call precious stones which derive their luster from a reflection, as it were, of the stones in that better land, is taken from the words of Isaiah in describing the city of God: "I will make your battlements of jasper, your stones shall be crystal…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy border precious stones.
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In context
10shall the mountains depart, nor shall thy hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail thee, nor shall the covenant of thy peace be at all removed: for the Lord who is gracious to thee has spoken it.
11Afflicted and outcast thou hast not been comforted: behold, I will prepare carbuncle for thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;
— Isaiah 54:12 —
13And I will cause all thy sons to be taught of God, and thy children to be in great peace.
14And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.