Revelation 21:10–22:5

¹⁰He then carried me away in the Spirit ^uvto a great and high mountain ^wand showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹arrayed with God’s glory. ^xHer radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal. ¹²The city had a massive high wall, with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the 12 tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed 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. ^y14The city wall had 12 foundations, and the 12 names of the Lamb’s 12 apostles were on the foundations.

¹⁵The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod ^zto measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ^a16The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia. ^bIts length, width, and height are equal. ¹⁷Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. ¹⁸The building material of its wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold like clear glass.

¹⁹The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone: ^c

the first foundation jasper,

the second sapphire,

the third chalcedony,

the fourth emerald,

²⁰the fifth sardonyx,

the sixth carnelian,

the seventh chrysolite,

the eighth beryl,

the ninth topaz,

the tenth chrysoprase,

the eleventh jacinth,

the twelfth amethyst.

²¹The 12 gates are 12 pearls; each individual gate was made of a single pearl. The broad street ^dof the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²²I did not see a sanctuary in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary. ²³The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb. ^e24The nations ^fwill walk in its light, ^gand the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. ^hi25Each day its gates will never close because it will never be night there. ^j26They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. ^kl27Nothing profane will ever enter it: ^mno one who does what is vile or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life. ⁿ

The Source of Life

22Then he showed me the river ^oof living water, ^psparkling like crystal, ^qflowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ^r2down the middle of the broad street of the city. The tree of life ^swas on both sides of the river, bearing 12 kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month. ^tThe leaves of the tree are for healing the nations, ^u3and there will no longer be any curse. ^vThe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, ^wand His slaves will serve Him. ⁴They will see His face, ^xand His name will be on their foreheads. ^y5Night will no longer exist, ^zand people will not need lamplight or sunlight, because the Lord God will give them light. ^aAnd they will reign forever and ever.