1 Then I saw *Isa. 65:17;66:22;2 Pet. 3:13a new heaven and a new earth, for *ch. 20:11the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw *ch. 11:2;22:19;Isa. 52:1the holy city, *See ch. 3:12new Jerusalem, *[Heb. 11:10] coming down out of heaven from God, *ch. 19:7;[John 14:3] prepared *Isa. 61:10as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, *See Lev. 26:11,12the dwelling place*21:3 Or tabernacle of God is with man. He will *[ch. 7:15]dwell with them, and they will be his people,*21:3 Some manuscripts peoples and God himself will be with them as their God.*21:3 Some manuscripts omit as their God4 *See ch. 7:17He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and *[ch. 20:14;1 Cor. 15:26] death shall be no more, *Isa. 35:10;51:11;65:19neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

5 And *ch. 4:2,9;5:1;20:11he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I *See 2 Cor. 5:17am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for *ch. 22:6;[ch. 3:14;19:11;1 Tim. 1:15]these words are trustworthy and true." 6 And he said to me, *See ch. 10:6"It is done! *ch. 1:8;22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. *ch. 22:17;See John 4:10;7:37To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. 7 *ch. 2:7The one who conquers will have this heritage, and *ver. 3I will be his God and *See 2 Cor. 6:18he will be my son. 8 *ch. 22:15;1 Cor. 6:9,10;Gal. 5:19-21;Eph. 5:5;1 Tim. 1:9;Heb. 12:14But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, *Luke 12:46their portion will be in *ch. 19:20the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is *ch. 2:11;20:6,14the second death."

9 Then came *ch. 17:1one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of *ch. 15:1the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you *ver. 2the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And *ch. 17:3;[Ezek. 43:5] he carried me away in the Spirit to *Ps. 87:1;Ezek. 40:2a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 *ver. 23;[ch. 22:5;Ps. 84:11;Ezek. 43:2,4] having the glory of God, *[Matt. 5:14;Phil. 2:15] its radiance *ch. 4:3,6like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, *Ezek. 48:31-34with 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— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve *Heb. 11:10;[1 Cor. 3:11] foundations, and *Matt. 16:18;Eph. 2:20on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And the one who spoke with me *See ch. 11:1had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.*21:16 About 1,380 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits*21:17 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters by *Deut. 3:11;[ch. 13:18] human measurement, which is also *ver. 9an angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of *ver. 11jasper, while the city was pure gold, like *ver. 11clear glass. 19 *[Isa. 54:11,12]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, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and *ch. 22:2the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22 And *[John 4:23]I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city *ch. 22:5;Isa. 60:19,20;[ver. 25] has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for *ver. 11the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light *Isa. 60:3;[ch. 22:2] will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth *ver. 26;[Isa. 60:5,16]will bring their glory into it, 25 and *Isa. 60:11its gates will never be shut by day—and *See ver. 23there will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But *[ch. 22:14,15;Isa. 35:8;52:1;Ezek. 44:9;Joel 3:17;Zech. 14:21] 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 *See ch. 3:5book of life.