Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is
with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and
God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every
tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall
there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former
things have passed away.”
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making
all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words
are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I
will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The
one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and
he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the
detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that
burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of
the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show
you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the
Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city
Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of
God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as
crystal. It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the
gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve
tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—on the east three
gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on
the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.
And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to
measure the city and its gates and walls. The city lies foursquare,
its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his
rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. He
also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is
also an angel's measurement. The wall was built of jasper, while
the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundations of the
wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first
was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth
emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh
chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth
chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. And the
twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single
pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent
glass.
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God
the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon
to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp
is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of
the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never
be shut by day—and there will be no night there. They will bring
into it the glory and the honor of the nations. But nothing unclean
will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or
false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
