Revelation 21

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1. 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. The sea was gone too.
2. 2I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3. 3And I heard a great voice from heaven saying, 'Look, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.'
4. 4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, no more sorrow, no more crying, and no more pain. The former things have passed away.
5. 5The one sitting on the throne said, "Look! I am making everything new." Then he said to me, "Write this down, because these words are true and trustworthy."
6. 6He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega — the Beginning and the End. To anyone who is thirsty, I will give water freely from the spring of the water of life.
7. 7He who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
8. 8But cowards, the unbelieving, the vile, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars — their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.
9. 9Then one of the 7 angels who had the 7 bowls full of the 7 final plagues came and talked with me, saying, "Come here, and I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
10. 10He carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
11. 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like the most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12. 12It had a great, high wall with 12 gates, and an angel stood at each gate. Written on the gates were the names of the 12 tribes of the children of Israel.
13. 13There were 3 gates on the east side, 3 on the north, 3 on the south, and 3 on the west.
14. 14The city wall had 12 foundations, and inscribed on them were the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.
15. 15The angel who spoke with me held a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
16. 16The city was laid out as a perfect square, with its length equal to its width. He measured it with the rod: 12,000 furlongs on each side. Its length, width, and height were all equal.
17. 17He measured the wall, and it was 144 cubits, according to human measurement, which the angel also used.
18. 18The wall was built of jasper, and the city itself was pure gold, as clear as glass.
19. 19The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20. 20the 5th sardonyx, the 6th sardius, the 7th chrysolite, the 8th beryl, the 9th topaz, the 10th chrysoprase, the 11th jacinth, and the 12th amethyst.
21. 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made of a single pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
22. 22And I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23. 23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
24. 24The nations of those who are saved will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honor into it.
25. 25Its gates will never be shut during the day — and there won't be any night there.
26. 26The glory and honor of the nations will be carried into it.
27. 27Nothing impure will ever enter it — no one who does what is vile or dishonest — but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.