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The New Heaven and the New Earth

¹ Then I saw ^(a)a new heaven and a new earth, for ^(b)the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ² And I saw ^(c)the holy city, ^(d)new Jerusalem, ^(e)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(f)prepared ^(g)as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, ^(h)the dwelling place^[a] of God is with man. He will ⁽ⁱ⁾dwell with them, and they will be his people,^[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.^{[c] 4 (j)}He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^(k)death shall be no more, ^(l)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

⁵ And ^(m)he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I ⁽ⁿ⁾am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for ^(o)these words are trustworthy and true." ⁶ And he said to me, ^(p)"It is done! ^(q)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(r)To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. ^7 (s)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^(t)I will be his God and ^(u)he will be my son. ^8 (v)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ^(w)their portion will be in ^(x)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^(y)the second death."

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came ^(z)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^(aa)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you ^(ab)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." ¹⁰ And ^(ac)he carried me away in the Spirit to ^(ad)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ^11 (ae)having the glory of God, ^(af)its radiance ^(ag)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall, ^(ah)with 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 ^(ai)foundations, and ^(aj)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me ^(ak)had 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.^[d] Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ He also measured its wall, 144 cubits^[e] by ^(al)human measurement, which is also ^(am)an angel's measurement. ¹⁸ The wall was built of ^(an)jasper, while the city was pure gold, like ^(ao)clear glass. ^19 (ap)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 ^(aq)the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

²² And ^(ar)I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the city ^(as)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^(at)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ By its light ^(au)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth ^(av)will bring their glory into it, ²⁵ and ^(aw)its gates will never be shut by day—and ^(ax)there will be no night there. ²⁶ They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. ²⁷ But ^(ay)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 ^(az)book of life.