This splendor is so pure, so bright, that it is as transparent. The whole city is arrayed in a divine splendor, so pure, so bright that it is as transparent as an icicle in the sunshine. The city has a wall great and high. This wall is not simply like jasper, but it is jasper itself. The city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Gold is one of the most precious metals on earth, but here is a city made of pure gold.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and each of these foundations were garnished with all manner of precious stones. There are certain sub stances in the earth that are so scarce, rare, beautiful, and en during that they are called gems. It is with twelve of such stones that the foundations of this city are garnished. It has twelve gates, each of which is one solid pearl, another very precious gem. Every street in the city is paved with pure gold, as it were transparent glass.