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Obadiah 1:4
Psalms 137
1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Twelve precious stones in the foundation of the New Jerusalem
The twelve precious stones in the foundation of the New Jerusalem signify every aspect of the doctrines of the New Jerusalem, in their order, from the literal sense of the Word -- as understood by people who directly approach the Lord and live according to the commandments of the Ten Commandments by shunning evil as sins.
These twelve precious stones signify the same thing as the twelve tribes of Israel, that is, all the goods and truths of the church and its doctrine in their order.
Similarly, the twelve apostles signify every aspect of doctrine concerning the Lord, and life conforming to His commandments. This is why the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb were written in these twelve foundations.
In the same vein, the stones in the breast-plate of Aaron were inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
(Izinkomba: Apocalypse Revealed 915; Revelation 21:19-20)
