54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, 1
your gates out of beryl, 2
and your outer wall 3 out of beautiful 4 stones.
60:18 Sounds of violence 5 will no longer be heard in your land,
or the sounds of 6 destruction and devastation within your borders.
You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’
and your gates, ‘Praise.’
1 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
2 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
3 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
4 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”
5 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.