Revelation 21

The New Creation

21Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, ^pfor the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, ^qand the sea no longer existed. ^r2I also saw the Holy City, ^snew Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ^tprepared like a bride adorned for her husband. ^u

³Then I heard a loud voice ^vfrom the throne: ^wx

Look! God’s dwelling ^yis with humanity,

and He will live with them.

They will be His people, ^z

and God Himself will be with them

and be their God. ^a

⁴He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. ^b

Death will no longer exist; ^c

grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, ^d

because the previous things ^ehave passed away. ^f

⁵Then the One seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words ^gare faithful and true.” ^h6And He said to me, “It is done! ⁱI am the Alpha and the Omega, ^jthe Beginning and the End. ^kI will give water as a gift to the thirsty ^lfrom the spring of life. ^m7The victor ⁿwill inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. ^o8But the cowards, unbelievers, ^pvile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars ^q—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, ^rwhich is the second death.” ^s

The New Jerusalem

⁹Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, ^tcame and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 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