New Testament · Revelation

Revelation chapter 21

Then I saw a and a new , because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the no longer existed.And I saw , the new , coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a beautifully dressed for her husband.And I heard a loud voice from the saying, “Look! God’s is now among humans. He will live with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”He will wipe every tear from their eyes. will no longer exist, and grief, crying, and pain will no longer exist, because has passed away.And the one seated on the throne said, “Look! I am .” Then he said, “Write this down, because these words are .”He told me, “! I am the —the Beginning and the End. To anyone who is thirsty, I will give water from the as a free gift.”The one who will all of this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.But the , the faithless, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, , idol-worshipers, and all liars—their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the .Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I’ll show you the , the wife of the .”And he carried me away to a great, towering mountain, and showed me , Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,radiating with the of God. Its brilliance was like a precious jewel, like , clear as crystal.It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels. On the gates were written the names of the .There were three on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.The wall of the city had twelve , and on them were the names of the twelve of the Lamb.The angel who spoke with me had a gold to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.The city was laid out as a square—its length equal to its width. He measured the city with the rod: in length, width, and height—a .He also measured its wall: , by human measurement, which the angel was using.The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself was .The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of : the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.The twelve gates were twelve —each gate made from a single pearl. And the of the city was pure gold, transparent like glass.I didn’t see a in the city, because the Lord God——and the are its temple.The city doesn’t need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the , and the Lamb is its .The will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their into it.Its during the day—and there will be there.They will bring the of the nations into it.Nothing will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices what is or deceptive—only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s .