The New Jerusalem
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.