Revelation 21:2–27

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’^bu 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 7}Those who are victorious^e will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{f 8}But 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 11}It 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 12}It 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 13}There 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 18}The wall was made of jasper,^y and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^{z 19}The 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 21}The 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 25}On no day will its gatesⁿ ever be shut,^o for there will be no night there.^{p 26}The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.^{q 27}Nothing 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