Revelation 21:10–22:5

¹⁰Then he carried me away in a vision. The Spirit took me to a huge, high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City. It was coming down out of heaven from God. ¹¹It shone with the glory of God. It gleamed like a very valuable jewel. It was like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

¹²The city had a huge, high wall with 12 gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, one at each of them. On the gates were written the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. ¹³There were three gates on the east and three on the north. There were three gates on the south and three on the west. ¹⁴The wall of the city had 12 foundations. Written on them were the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵The angel who talked with me had a gold measuring rod. He used it to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

¹⁶The city was laid out like a square. It was as long as it was wide. The angel measured the city with the rod. It was 1,400 miles long. It was as wide and high as it was long.

¹⁷He measured the wall of the city. It was 200 feet thick. The angel did the measuring as a man would. ¹⁸The wall was made out of jasper. The city was made out of pure gold, as pure as glass.

¹⁹The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was made out of jasper. The second was made out of sapphire. The third was made out of chalcedony. The fourth was made out of emerald. ²⁰The fifth was made out of sardonyx. The sixth was made out of carnelian. The seventh was made out of chrysolite. The eighth was made out of beryl. The ninth was made out of topaz. The tenth was made out of chrysoprase. The eleventh was made out of jacinth. The twelfth was made out of amethyst.

²¹The 12 gates were made from 12 pearls. Each gate was made out of a single pearl. The main street of the city was made out of pure gold, as clear as glass.

²²I didn’t see a temple in the city. This was because the Lamb and the Lord God who rules over all are its temple. ²³The city does not need the sun or moon to shine on it. God’s glory is its light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

²⁴The nations will walk by the light of the city. The kings of the world will bring their glory into it. ²⁵Its gates will never be shut, because there will be no night there. ²⁶The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.

²⁷Only what is pure will enter it. No one who fools others or does shameful things will enter it. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will enter the city.

The River of Life

22Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. It was as clear as crystal. It flowed from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ²It flowed down the middle of the city’s main street.

On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing 12 crops of fruit. Its fruit was ripe every month. The leaves of the tree bring healing to the nations.

³There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city. God’s servants will serve him. ⁴They will see his face. His name will be on their foreheads.

⁵There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun. The Lord God will give them light. They will rule for ever and ever.