Revelation 21:10–22:5

¹⁰He carried me by his power away to a large, high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. ¹¹It had the glory of God. Its light was like a valuable gem, like gray quartz, as clear as crystal. ¹²It had a large, high wall with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates. The names of the 12 tribes of Israel were written on the gates. ¹³There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. ¹⁴The wall of the city had 12 foundations. The 12 names of the 12 apostles of the lamb were written on them. 

¹⁵The angel who was talking to me had a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶The city was square. It was as wide as it was long. He measured the city with the stick. It was 12,000 stadia^blong. Its length, width, and height were the same. ¹⁷He measured its wall. According to human measurement, which the angel was using, it was 144 cubits.^c18Its wall was made of gray quartz. The city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass. ¹⁹The foundations of the city wall were beautifully decorated with all kinds of gems: The first foundation was gray quartz, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth onyx, the sixth red quartz, the seventh yellow quartz, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth green quartz, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ²¹The 12 gates were 12 pearls. Each gate was made of one pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold, as clear as glass. 

²²I did not see any temple in it, because the Lord God Almighty and the lamb are its temple. ²³The city doesn’t need any sun or moon to give it light because the glory of God gave it light. The lamb was its lamp. ²⁴The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. ²⁵Its gates will be open all day. They will never close because there won’t be any night there. ²⁶They will bring the glory and wealth of the nations into the holy city. ²⁷Nothing unclean,^dno one who does anything detestable, and no liars will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb’s Book of Life will enter it. 

22ND CHAPTER

¹The angel showed me a river filled with the water of life, as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and the lamb. ²Between the street of the city and the river there was a tree of life visible from both sides. It produced 12 kinds of fruit. Each month had its own fruit. The leaves of the tree will heal the nations. ³There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him ⁴and see his face. His name will be on their foreheads. ⁵There will be no more night, and they will not need any light from lamps or the sun because the Lord God will shine on them. They will rule as kings forever and ever.