Revelation 21 (NKJV)
All Things Made New
1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then
I, John,[a] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of
God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His
people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God
will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
former things have passed away.
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new. And He said to me,[b] Write, for these words are true and
faithful.
6 And He said to me, It is done![c] I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water
of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit
all things,[d] and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But
the cowardly, unbelieving,[e] abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part
in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
second death.
The New Jerusalem
9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with
the seven last plagues came to me[f] and talked with me, saying,
Come, I will show you the bride, the Lambs wife.[g] 10 And he
carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the great city, the holy[h] Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a
most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 12 Also
she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels
at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 three gates on the
east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three
gates on the west.
14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them
were the names[i] of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he who
talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and
its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as
great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed:
twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are
equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four
cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18
The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure
gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city
were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first
foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony,
the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the
seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth
chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The
twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one
pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent
glass.
The Glory of the New Jerusalem
22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the
moon to shine in it,[j] for the glory[k] of God illuminated it. The
Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved[l]
shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their
glory and honor into it.[m] 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all
by day (there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the
glory and the honor of the nations into it.[n] 27 But there shall
by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes[o] an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lambs
Book of Life.
