21Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^a^m for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,ⁿ and there was no longer any sea. ²I saw the Holy City,^o the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^p prepared as a bride^q beautifully dressed for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^r They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^s ⁴‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^t There will be no more death’^b^u or mourning or crying or pain,^v for the old order of things has passed away.”^w

⁵He who was seated on the throne^x said, “I am making everything new!”^y Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^z

⁶He said to me: “It is done.^a I am the Alpha and the Omega,^b the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^c from the spring of the water of life.^d ⁷Those who are victorious^e will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^f ⁸But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^g—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^h This is the second death.”ⁱ

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^j came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^k the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰And he carried me away^l in the Spirit^m to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.ⁿ ¹¹It shone with the glory of God,^o and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^p clear as crystal.^q ¹²It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,^r and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.^s ¹³There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. ¹⁴The wall of the city had twelve foundations,^t and on them were the names of the twelve apostles^u of the Lamb.

¹⁵The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod^v of gold to measure the city, its gates^w and its walls. ¹⁶The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia^c in length, and as wide and high as it is long. ¹⁷The angel measured the wall using human^x measurement, and it was 144 cubits^d thick.^e ¹⁸The wall was made of jasper,^y and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^z ¹⁹The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.^a The first foundation was jasper,^b the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,^c the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^f ²¹The twelve gates^d were twelve pearls,^e each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.^f

²²I did not see a temple^g in the city, because the Lord God Almighty^h and the Lambⁱ are its temple. ²³The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^j gives it light,^k and the Lamb^l is its lamp. ²⁴The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.^m ²⁵On no day will its gatesⁿ ever be shut,^o for there will be no night there.^p ²⁶The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.^q ²⁷Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,^r but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.^s

Eden Restored

22Then the angel showed me the river^t of the water of life,^u as clear as crystal,^v flowing^w from the throne of God and of the Lamb ²down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life,^x bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.^y ³No longer will there be any curse.^z The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.^a ⁴They will see his face,^b and his name will be on their foreheads.^c ⁵There will be no more night.^d They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.^e And they will reign for ever and ever.^f

John and the Angel

⁶The angel said to me,^g “These words are trustworthy and true.^h The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets,ⁱ sent his angel^j to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

⁷“Look, I am coming soon!^k Blessed^l is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”^m

⁸I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.ⁿ And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet^o of the angel who had been showing them to me. ⁹But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll.^p Worship God!”^q

¹⁰Then he told me, “Do not seal up^r the words of the prophecy of this scroll,^s because the time is near.^t ¹¹Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”^u

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

¹²“Look, I am coming soon!^v My reward is with me,^w and I will give to each person according to what they have done.^x ¹³I am the Alpha and the Omega,^y the First and the Last,^z the Beginning and the End.^a

¹⁴“Blessed are those who wash their robes,^b that they may have the right to the tree of life^c and may go through the gates^d into the city.^e ¹⁵Outside^f are the dogs,^g those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

¹⁶“I, Jesus,^h have sent my angelⁱ to give you^a this testimony for the churches.^j I am the Root^k and the Offspring of David,^l and the bright Morning Star.”^m

¹⁷The Spiritⁿ and the bride^o say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.^p

¹⁸I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll:^q If anyone adds anything to them,^r God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.^s ¹⁹And if anyone takes words away^t from this scroll of prophecy,^u God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life^v and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

²⁰He who testifies to these things^w says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”^x

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.^y

²¹The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people.^z Amen.

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Footnotes

a Isaiah 65:17
b Isaiah 25:8
cThat is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers
dThat is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
eOr high
fThe precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
aThe Greek is plural.

Cross references

mSee 2 Pe 3:13
nSee Rev 6:14
over 10; Ne 11:18; Isa 52:1; Rev 11:2; 22:19
pver 10; Heb 11:10; 12:22; Rev 3:12
qSee Rev 19:7
r Ex 25:8; 2 Ch 6:18; Eze 48:35; Zec 2:10
sSee 2 Co 6:16
tSee Rev 7:17
u Isa 25:8; 1 Co 15:26; Rev 20:14
v Isa 35:10; 65:19
wSee 2 Co 5:17
x Rev 4:9; 20:11
yver 4
z Rev 19:9; 22:6
a Rev 16:17
b Rev 1:8; 22:13
c Isa 55:1
dSee Jn 4:10
eSee Jn 16:33
fver 3; 2 Sa 7:14; 2 Co 6:16; See Ro 8:14
gver 27; Ps 5:6; 1 Co 6:9; Heb 12:14; Rev 22:15
hSee Rev 9:17
iSee Rev 2:11
jSee Rev 15:1, 6, 7
kSee Rev 19:7
l Eze 40:2; Rev 17:3
mSee Rev 1:10
nSee ver 2
over 23; Isa 60:1, 2; Eze 43:2; Rev 15:8; 22:5
pver 18, 19; Rev 4:3
q Rev 4:6
rver 15, 21, 25; Rev 22:14
s Eze 48:30–34
tSee Eph 2:20; Heb 11:10
u Ac 1:26; Eph 2:20
v Eze 40:3; Rev 11:1
wSee ver 12
x Rev 13:18
ySee ver 11
zver 21
a Ex 28:17–20; Isa 54:11, 12; Eze 28:13
bSee ver 11
c Rev 4:3
dSee ver 12
e Isa 54:12
fver 18
g Jn 4:21, 23
hSee Rev 1:8
iSee Rev 5:6
jSee ver 11
k Isa 24:23; 60:19, 20; Rev 22:5
lSee Rev 5:6
mver 26; Isa 60:3, 5
nSee ver 12
o Isa 60:11
p Zec 14:7; Rev 22:5
qver 24
r Isa 52:1; Joel 3:17; Rev 22:14, 15
sSee Rev 20:12
t Ps 36:8; 46:4
uver 17; See Jn 4:10
v Rev 4:6
w Eze 47:1; Zec 14:8
xSee Rev 2:7
y Eze 47:12
z Zec 14:11
a Rev 7:15
bSee Mt 5:8
cSee Rev 7:3
d Rev 21:25; Zec 14:7
e Isa 60:19, 20; Rev 21:23
f Da 7:27; Rev 20:4
g Rev 1:1
h Rev 21:5
i 1 Co 14:32; Heb 12:9
jver 16; Rev 1:1
kver 12, 20; See Mt 16:27
l Rev 1:3; 16:15
mver 10, 18, 19
nSee Rev 1:1
o Rev 19:10
pver 10, 18, 19
q Rev 19:10
r Da 8:26; Rev 10:4
sver 7, 18, 19
tSee Ro 13:11
u Eze 3:27; Da 12:10
vver 7, 20; See Mt 16:27
w Isa 40:10; 62:11
xSee Mt 16:27
y Rev 1:8
zSee Rev 1:17
a Rev 21:6
b Rev 7:14
cSee Rev 2:7
dSee Rev 21:12
eSee Rev 21:27
f Dt 23:18; 1 Co 6:9, 10; Gal 5:19–21; Col 3:5, 6; Rev 21:8
g Php 3:2
h Rev 1:1
iver 6
j Rev 1:4
kSee Rev 5:5
lSee Mt 1:1
m 2 Pe 1:19; Rev 2:28
n Rev 2:7; 14:13
oSee Rev 19:7
pSee Jn 4:10
qver 7, 10, 19
r Dt 4:2; 12:32; Pr 30:6
s Rev 15:6–16:21
t Dt 4:2; 12:32; Pr 30:6
uver 7, 10, 18
vSee Rev 2:7
w Rev 1:2
xver 7, 12; See Mt 16:27
y 1 Co 16:22
zSee Ro 16:20