Then I saw
aa new
heaven
and a new
earth
; for bthe first
heaven
and the first
earth
passed
away
, and there is no
longer
any sea
.
And I saw athe holy
city
, bnew
Jerusalem
, ccoming
down
out of heaven
from God
, dmade
ready
as a bride
adorned
for her husband
.
And I heard a loud
voice
from the throne
, saying
, "Behold
, athe tabernacle
of God
is among
men
, and He will 1 bdwell
among
them, and they shall be His people
, and God
Himself
will be among
them 2,
and He will awipe away
every
tear
from their eyes
; and bthere will no
longer
be any death
; cthere will no
longer
be any mourning
, or
crying
, or
pain
; dthe first
things
have passed
away
."
And aHe who sits on the throne
said
, "Behold
, I am bmaking
all
things
new
." And He *said
, "Write
, for cthese
words
are faithful
and true
."
Then He said
to me, " 1 aIt is done
. I am the bAlpha
and the Omega
, the beginning
and the end
. cI will give
to the one who thirsts
from the spring
of the dwater
of life
without
cost
.
" aHe who overcomes will inherit
these
things
, and bI will be his God
and he will be My son
.
" aBut for the cowardly and 1unbelieving
and abominable
and murderers
and immoral
persons
and sorcerers
and idolaters
and all
liars
, their part
will be in bthe lake
that burns
with fire
and 2brimstone
, which
is the csecond
death
."
aThen one
of the seven
angels
who had
the bseven
bowls
1full
of the cseven
last
plagues
came
and spoke
with me, saying
, " aCome
here
, I will show
you the dbride
, the wife
of the Lamb
."
And ahe carried me away
1 bin the Spirit
to a great
and high
mountain
, and showed
me cthe holy
city
, Jerusalem
, coming
down
out of heaven
from God
,
having athe glory
of God
. Her 1brilliance
was like
a very
costly
stone
, as a bstone
of ccrystal-clear
jasper
.
1It had a great
and high
wall
, 1 awith twelve
bgates
, and at the gates
twelve
angels
; and names
were written
on them, which
are the names of the twelve
tribes
of the sons
of Israel
.
There were three gates
on the east
and three
gates
on the north
and three
gates
on the south
and three
gates
on the west
.
And the wall of the city
had
atwelve
foundation
stones
, and on them were the twelve
names
of the btwelve
apostles
of the Lamb
.
The one who spoke with me had
a 1gold
measuring
arod
to measure
the city
, and its bgates
and its wall
.
The city is laid
out as a square
, and its length
is as great
as the width
; and he measured
the city
with the 1rod
, 2fifteen hundred miles
; its length
and width
and height
are equal
.
And he measured its wall
, 1seventy-two yards
, according to ahuman
2measurements
, which
are also bangelic
measurements.
The material of the wall
was ajasper
; and the city
was bpure
gold
, like
1clear
cglass
.
aThe foundation stones
of the city
wall
were adorned
with every
kind
of precious
stone
. The first
foundation
stone
was bjasper
; the second
, sapphire
; the third
, chalcedony
; the fourth
, cemerald
;
the fifth, sardonyx
; the sixth
, asardius
; the seventh
, chrysolite
; the eighth
, beryl
; the ninth
, topaz
; the tenth
, chrysoprase
; the eleventh
, jacinth
; the twelfth
, amethyst
.
And the twelve agates
were twelve
bpearls
; each
one
of the gates
was a single
pearl
. And the street
of the city
was cpure
gold
, like
transparent
dglass
.
I saw ano
1temple
in it, for the bLord
God
the Almighty
and the cLamb
are its 1temple
.
And the city ahas
no
need
of the sun
or
of the moon
to shine
on it, for bthe glory
of God
has illumined
it, and its lamp
is the cLamb
.
aThe nations will walk
by its light
, and the bkings
of the earth
1will bring
their glory
into it.
In the daytime (for athere will be no
night
there
) bits gates
cwill never
be closed
;
and athey will bring the glory
and the honor
of the nations
into it;
and anothing unclean
, and no
one who practices
abomination
and lying
, shall ever
come
into it, but only
those
1whose names are bwritten
in the Lamb's
book
of life
.