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II. THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM

l. 337.King who formed the pure Heaven,with its boundaries, according to His pleasure,a habitation choice, songful, safe,for the wondrous host of Archangels.
Heaven with its multitude of hosts,noble, durable, exceeding spacious,a strong mighty city with a hundred graces,a tenth of it the measure of the world.
Therein are three ramparts undecaying,fixedly they surround heaven,a rampart of emerald crystal,a rampart of gold, a rampart of amethyst.[1]
A wall of emerald, without obscurity, outside,a wall of gold next to the city,between the two, with bright fair glory,a mighty rampart of stainless purple.
  1. ↑ Lit. "green," "gold," and "purple," but they seem to imply special stones.

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