Chapter 21

21AndIsawanewheavenandanewearth.Forthefirstheavenandthefirstearthhadpassedaway,andtheseawasnomore.
2AndIsawtheholycity,newJerusalem,comingdownoutofheavenfromGod,preparedasabrideadornedforherhusband.
3AndIheardagreatvoicefromthethronesaying,“Behold,thetabernacleofGodiswiththemen,andhewilltabernaclewiththem,andtheyshallbehispeoples,andGodhimselfshallbewiththemandbetheirGod.
4Andheshallwipeawayeverytearfromtheireyes,andthereshallbedeathnomore,neithermourning,norcrying,neithershalltherebeanymorepain,forthefirstthingshavepassedaway.”
5Andhewhosatuponthethronesaid,“Behold,Imakeallthingsnew.”Andhesaidⁿ,“Write,forthesewordsaretrueandfaithful.”
6Andhesaiduntome,“Itisdone.IamtheAlphaandtheOmega,thebeginningandtheend.Iwillgiveuntohimwhothirstsofthefountainofthewateroflifefreely.
7Hewhoovercomesshallinheritthesethings,andIwillbehisGod,andheshallbeasontome.
8Butthecowardly,andunbelieving,andtheabominable,andmurderers,andwhoremongers,andsorcerers,andidolaters,andalltheliars,shallhavetheirpartinthelakewhichburnswithfireandbrimstone,whichistheseconddeath.”
9Andtherecameoneofthesevenmessengerswhohadthesevenvialsfullofthesevenlastplaguesandspokewithme,saying,“Comeon,Iwillshowyouthebride,thewomanoftheLamb.”
10Andhecarriedmeawayinthespirittoagreatandhighmountainandshowedmethattheholycity,Jerusalem,comingdownoutofheavenfromGod,
11havingthegloryofGod,andherradiancewaslikeastonemostprecious,evenlikeajasperstone,clearascrystal;
12havingawallgreatandhigh,havingtwelvegates,andatthegatestwelvemessengers,andnameswrittenonthem,[whicharethenamesof]thetwelvetribesofthesonsofIsrael:
13ontherisingofthesunthreegates,onthenorththreegates,onthesouththreegates,andonthewestthreegates.
14AndthewallofthecityhadtwelvefoundationsandinthemthetwelvenamesofthetwelveapostlesoftheLamb.
15Andhewhospokewithmehadagoldenmeasuringreedtomeasurethecity,andthegatesthereof,andthewallthereof.
16Andthecityissetfoursquare,andthelengthisaslargeasthebreadth.Andhemeasuredthecitywiththereed,twelvethousandfurlongs.Thelengthandthebreadthandtheheightofitareequal.
17Andhemeasuredthewallthereof,ahundredandfortyandfourcubits,tothemeasureofaman,thatis,ofthemessenger.
18Andthebuildingofthewallofitwasofjasper,andthecitywaspuregold,likepureglass.
19Thefoundationsofthewallofthecitywereadornedwithallmannerofpreciousstones.Thefirstfoundationwasjasper,thesecondsapphire,thethirdchalcedony,thefourthemerald,
20thefifthsardonyx,thesixthsardius,theseventhchrysolite,theeighthberyl,theninthtopaz,thetenthchrysoprasus,theeleventhjacinth,thetwelfthamethyst.
21Andthetwelvegatesweretwelvepearls,everyseveralgatewasofonepearl.Andthestreetofthecitywaspuregold,asitweretransparentglass.
22AndIsawnotempletherein,fortheLordGodAlmightyandtheLambarethetempleofit.
23Andthecityhasnoneedofthesun,neitherofthemoon,toshineinit,forthegloryofGoddidlightenit,anditslampistheLamb.
24Andthenationsshallwalkbythelightofit,andthekingsoftheearthdobringtheirgloryintoit.
25Andthegatesofitshallnotbeshutatallbyday,forthereshallbenonightthere.
26Andtheyshallbringthegloryandthehonorofthenationsintoit.
27Andthereshallinnowayenterintoitanythingunconsecrated,neitherwhatsoeverdoesabomination,ormakesalie,buttheywhoarewritteninthebookoflifeoftheLamb.