Isaiah 60:18
60:18 Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land,
or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders.
You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’
and your gates, ‘Praise.’
Isaiah 62:11
62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth:
“Say to Daughter Zion,
‘Look, your deliverer comes!
Look, his reward is with him
and his reward goes before him!’”
Psalms 31:21
31:21 The Lord deserves praise
for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.
Psalms 48:12
48:12 Walk around Zion! Encircle it!
Count its towers!
Zechariah 2:5
2:5 But I (the
Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem
and the source of glory in her midst.’”
Matthew 16:18
16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades
will not overpower it.
Revelation 21:12-22
21:12 It has
a massive, high wall
with twelve gates,
with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel
are written on the gates.
21:13 There are
three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.
21:14 The
wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21:15 The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.
21:16 Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).
21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.
21:18 The city’s wall is made of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
21:20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful – and the Lamb are its temple.