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1 I
saw a new
heaven and a
new earth, for
the first heaven
and the first
earth have
passed away, and
the sea is
no more.
2 I
saw the holy city,
New Jerusalem,
coming down out
of heaven from
God, prepared like
a bride adorned
for her husband.
3 I heard
a loud voice
out of heaven
saying, “Behold,
God’s dwelling is
with people; and
he will dwell
with them, and
they will be
his people, and
God himself will
be with them
as their God.
4 He
will wipe away
every tear from
their eyes. Death
will be no
more; neither will
there be mourning,
nor crying, nor
pain any more.
The first things
have passed away.”
5 He
who sits on
the throne said,
“Behold, I am
making all
things new.”
He said,
“Write, for
these words of
God are faithful
and true.”
6 He
said to me,
“I am the Alpha
and the Omega,
the Beginning and
the End. I
will give freely
to him who
is thirsty from
the spring of
the water of
life.
7 He who
overcomes, I
will give him
these things. I
will be his
God, and he
will be my
son.
8 But for the
cowardly, unbelieving, sinners,
abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and
all liars, their
part is in
the lake that
burns with fire
and sulfur,
which is the
second death.”
9 One
of the seven angels
who had the
seven bowls which
were loaded with
the seven last
plagues came, and
he spoke with
me, saying, “Come
here. I will
show you the
bride, the Lamb’s
wife.”
10 He
carried me away in
the Spirit to
a great and
high mountain, and
showed me the
holy city,
Jerusalem, coming
down out of
heaven from God,
11 having
the glory of
God. Her light
was like a
most precious
stone, like a
jasper stone, clear
as crystal;
12 having
a great and
high wall with
twelve gates, and
at the gates
twelve angels, and
names written on
them, which are
the names of
the twelve tribes
of the children
of Israel.
13 On
the east were
three gates, and
on the north
three gates, and
on the south
three gates, and
on the west
three gates.
14 The
wall of the
city had twelve
foundations, and
on them twelve
names of the
twelve Apostles of
the Lamb.
15 He
who spoke with
me had for
a measure a
golden reed to
measure the city,
its gates, and
its walls.
16 The
city is square.
Its length is
as great as
its width. He
measured the city
with the reed:
twelve thousand
twelve stadia.
Its length, width,
and height are
equal.
17 Its
wall is one
hundred forty-four
cubits,
by the measure
of a man,
that is, of
an angel.
18 The construction of its
wall was jasper.
The city was
pure gold, like
pure glass.
19 The
foundations of the
city’s wall were
adorned with all
kinds of precious
stones. The first
foundation was
jasper, the second
sapphire;
the third
chalcedony, the
fourth emerald,
20 the
fifth sardonyx,
the sixth sardius,
the seventh
chrysolite, the
eighth beryl, the
ninth topaz, the
tenth chrysoprase,
the eleventh
jacinth, and the
twelfth amethyst.
21 The
twelve gates were
twelve pearls.
Each one of
the gates was made
of one pearl.
The street of
the city was
pure gold, like
transparent glass.
22 I
saw no temple
in it, for
the Lord God
the Almighty and
the Lamb are its
temple.
23 The
city has no
need for the
sun or moon
to shine, for
the very glory
of God illuminated
it and its lamp
is the Lamb.
24 The
nations will walk
in its light.
The kings of
the earth bring
the glory and
honor of the
nations into it.
25 Its gates
will in no way
be shut by
day (for there
will be no
night there),
26 and
they shall bring
the glory and
the honor of
the nations into
it so that
they may enter.
27 There
will in no
way enter into
it anything profane,
or one who
causes an abomination
or a lie,
but only those
who are written
in the Lamb’s book
of life.