Chapter 21

21AndIsawanewheavenandanewearth:forthefirstheavenandthefirstearthwerepassedaway;andtheseawasnomore.
2AndIsawtheholycity,newJerusalem,comingdownoutofheavenfromGod,preparedasabrideadornedforherhusband.
3AndIheardagreatvoicefromthethronesaying,Behold,thetabernacleofGodiswiththemen,andhewilltabernaclewiththem,andtheyshallbehispeoples,andGodhimselfshallbewiththem,andbetheirGod.
4Andheshallwipeawayeverytearfromtheireyes;andthereshallbedeathnomore,neithermourning,norcrying,neithershalltherebeanymorepain:forthefirstthingsarepassedaway.
5Andhewhosatuponthethronesaid,Behold,Imakeallthingsnew.Andhesaid,Write:forthesewordsaretrueandfaithful.
6Andhesaiduntome,Itisdone.IamtheAlphaandtheOmega,thebeginningandtheend.Iwillgiveuntohimwhothirstsofthefountainofthewateroflifefreely.
7Hewhoovercomesshallinheritthesethings;andIwillbehisGod,andheshallbeasontome.
8Butthecowardly,andunbelieving,andtheabominable,andmurderers,andwhoremongers,andsorcerers,andidolaters,andalltheliars,shallhavetheirpartinthelakewhichburnswithfireandbrimstone:whichistheseconddeath.
9Andtherecameoneofthesevenmessengerswhohadthesevenvialsfullofthesevenlastplagues,andspokewithme,saying,Comeon,Iwillshowyouthebride,thewomanoftheLamb.
10Andhecarriedmeawayinthespirittoagreatandhighmountain,andshowedmethattheholycity,Jerusalem,comingdownoutofheavenfromGod,
11HavingthegloryofGod:andherradiancewaslikeastonemostprecious,evenlikeajasperstone,clearascrystal;
12Andhadawallgreatandhigh,andhadtwelvegates,andatthegatestwelvemessengers,andnameswrittenonthem,[whicharethenamesof]thetwelvetribesofthesonsofIsrael:
13Ontherisingofthesunthreegates;onthenorththreegates;onthesouththreegates;andonthewestthreegates.
14Andthewallofthecityhadtwelvefoundations,andinthemthetwelvenamesofthetwelveapostlesoftheLamb.
15Andhewhospokewithmehadagoldenmeasuringreedtomeasurethecity,andthegatesthereof,andthewallthereof.
16Andthecityissetfoursquare,andthelengthisaslargeasthebreadth:andhemeasuredthecitywiththereed,twelvethousandfurlongs.Thelengthandthebreadthandtheheightofitareequal.
17Andhemeasuredthewallthereof,ahundredandfortyandfourcubits,tothemeasureofaman,thatis,ofthemessenger.
18Andthebuildingofthewallofitwasofjasper:andthecitywaspuregold,likepureglass.
19thefoundationsofthewallofthecitywereadornedwithallmannerofpreciousstones.Thefirstfoundationwasjasper;thesecond,sapphire;thethird,chalcedony;thefourth,emerald;
20Thefifth,sardonyx;thesixth,sardius;theseventh,chrysolite;theeighth,beryl;theninth,topaz;thetenth,chrysoprasus;theeleventh,jacinth;thetwelfth,amethyst.
21Andthetwelvegatesweretwelvepearls:everyseveralgatewasofonepearl:andthestreetofthecitywaspuregold,asitweretransparentglass.
22AndIsawnotempletherein:fortheLordGodAlmightyandtheLambarethetempleofit.
23Andthecityhadnoneedofthesun,neitherofthemoon,toshineinit:forthegloryofGoddidlightenit,anditslampistheLamb.
24Andthenationsshallwalkinthelightofit:andthekingsoftheearthdobringtheirgloryintoit.
25Andthegatesofitshallnotbeshutatallbyday:forthereshallbenonightthere.
26Andtheyshallbringthegloryandthehonorofthenationsintoit.
27Andthereshallinnowayenterintoitanythingunconsecrated,neitherwhatsoeverdoesabomination,ormakesalie:buttheywhoarewritteninthebookoflifeoftheLamb.