“But that you may rejoice in the promise of following joy, learn the songs of eternal praise written in this volume: "Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord, they shall praise you forever and ever." And as it is said by a certain wise man concerning the heavenly Jerusalem: "And all its streets shall be paved…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 9
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17And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of Ophir.
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15Let my soul bless God the great King.
16For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
— Tobit 13:17 —
18And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever.