¹⁸ The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

¹¹ It shone with the glory of God and sparkled like a precious stone—like jasper as clear as crystal.

²¹ The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass.

¹⁹ The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones:^[a] the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,