Revelation 21
1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3 I heard a loud voice coming from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s dwelling is with the people, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them.
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes; and death will be no more, nor will there be any more mourning, crying, or pain, because the former things have passed away.”
5 And the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making all things new.” And he added, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.”
6 And he said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty, I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7 The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be God to him, and he will be my son.
8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, those who practice sexual immorality, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will have their share in the lake burning with fire and sulfur; this is the second death.”
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 He carried me in the Spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, from God.
11 It had the glory of God; its radiance was like a very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.
12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.
13 On the east side, three gates; on the north side, three gates; on the south side, three gates; on the west side, three gates.
14 The city wall had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb’s twelve apostles.
15 The one speaking with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
16 The city was square, and its length was equal to its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand stadia. Its length, width, and height were equal.
17 He also measured its wall: 144 cubits, by human measure, which is also the angel’s measure.
18 The structure of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold, like pure glass.
19 The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made from a single pearl. And the city square was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 I saw no sanctuary in it, because its sanctuary is the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb.
23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
25 Its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
26 And they will bring into it the glory and honor of the nations.
27 Nothing impure will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination and falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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