Revelation 21–22

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21Then I saw ^ya new heaven and a new earth, for ^zthe first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ²And I saw ^athe holy city, ^bnew Jerusalem, ^ccoming down out of heaven from God, ^dprepared ^eas a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, ^fthe dwelling place¹ of God is with man. He will ^gdwell with them, and they will be his people,² and God himself will be with them as their God.^{3 4h}He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ⁱdeath shall be no more, ^jneither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

⁵And ^khe who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^lam making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^mthese words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶And he said to me, ⁿ“It is done! ^oI am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^pTo the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. ^7qThe one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^rI will be his God and ^she will be my son. ^8tBut as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ^utheir portion will be in ^vthe lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^wthe second death.”

The New Jerusalem

⁹Then came ^xone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^ythe seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^zthe Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰And ^ahe carried me away in the Spirit to ^ba great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ^11chaving the glory of God, ^dits radiance ^elike a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹²It had a great, high wall, ^fwith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— ¹³on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. ¹⁴And the wall of the city had twelve ^gfoundations, and ^hon them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵And the one who spoke with me ⁱhad a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. ¹⁶The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.⁴ Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷He also measured its wall, 144 cubits⁵ by ^jhuman measurement, which is also ^kan angel’s measurement. ¹⁸The wall was built of ^ljasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^lclear glass. ^19mThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. ²¹And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and ⁿthe street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²²And ^oI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³And the city ^phas no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^qthe glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴By its light ^rwill the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^swill bring their glory into it, ²⁵and ^tits gates will never be shut by day—and ^uthere will be no night there. ²⁶They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷But ^vnothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^wbook of life.

The River of Life

22Then the angel¹ showed me ^xthe river of ^ythe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ²through the middle of ^zthe street of the city; ^aalso, on either side of the river, ^bthe tree of life² with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were ^cfor the healing of the nations. ^3dNo longer will there be anything accursed, but ^ethe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and ^fhis servants will worship him. ^4gThey will see his face, and ^hhis name will be on their foreheads. ⁵And ⁱnight will be no more. They will need no light of lamp ^jor sun, for ^kthe Lord God will be their light, and ^lthey will reign forever and ever.

Jesus Is Coming

⁶And he said to me, ^m“These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of ⁿthe spirits of the prophets, ^ohas sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

⁷“And behold, ^pI am coming soon. ^qBlessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸I, ^rJohn, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^sI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, ^9sbut he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those ^mwho keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

¹⁰And he said to me, ^t“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. ^11uLet the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

¹²“Behold, ^vI am coming soon, ^wbringing my recompense with me, ^xto repay each one for what he has done. ^13yI am the Alpha and the Omega, ^zthe first and the last, ^athe beginning and the end.”

¹⁴Blessed are those who ^bwash their robes,³ so that they may have the right to ^cthe tree of life and that ^dthey may enter the city by the gates. ^15eOutside are ^fthe dogs ^gand sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

^16h“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things ⁱfor the churches. I am ^jthe root and ^kthe descendant of David, ^lthe bright morning star.”

¹⁷The Spirit and ^mthe Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ⁿlet the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the ^owater of life without price.

¹⁸I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: ^pif anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, ¹⁹and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in ^qthe tree of life and in ^rthe holy city, which are described in this book.

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Surely ^sI am coming soon.” Amen. ^tCome, Lord Jesus!

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.⁴ Amen.