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¹ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea no longer is.² And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride, having been adorned for her Husband.³ And I heard a great voice out of Heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God with men! And He will tabernacle with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.⁴ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no longer, nor mourning, nor outcry, nor will there be pain any more; for the first things passed away.⁵ And the One sitting on the throne said, Behold! I make all things new. And He says to me, Write, because these Words are faithful and true.⁶ And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending. To the one thirsting, I will freely give of the fountain of the Water of Life.⁷ The one overcoming will inherit all things, and I will be God to him, and he will be the son to Me.⁸ But for the cowardly and unbelieving, and those having become foul, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the lying ones, their part will be in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

⁹ And one of the seven angels came to me, he having the seven bowls being filled with the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.¹⁰ And he carried me in spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,¹¹ having the glory of God. And its light was like a very precious stone, as a jasper stone, being clear as crystal,¹² and having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates and names having been inscribed, which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.¹³ From the east, three gates; from the north, three gates; from the south, three gates; and from the west, three gates.¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.¹⁵ And he speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.¹⁶ And the city lies four cornered, even its length as much as the width also. And he measured the city with the reed at twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.¹⁷ And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty four cubits, a measure of a man, which is of an angel.¹⁸ And the structure of its wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like pure glass.¹⁹ And the foundation of the wall of the city having been adorned with every precious stone: The first foundation, 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, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; respectively each one of the gates was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.²² And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, even the Lamb.²³ And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, even its lamp is the Lamb.²⁴ And the nations of the ones saved will walk in its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.²⁵ And its gates may not at all be shut by day, for no night will be there.²⁶ And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.²⁷ And all profaning may not at all enter into it, or any making an abomination or a lie; but only the ones having been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.