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The New Heaven and Earth

¹ Then I saw ^(C1)a new heaven and a new earth; for ^(C2)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.² And I saw ^(C1)the holy city, ^(C2)new Jerusalem, ^(C3)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(C4)prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, ^(C1)the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will ^(C2)dwell among them, and they shall be His ^(F1)people, and God Himself will be among them^(F2),⁴ and He will ^(C1)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^(C2)there will no longer be any death; ^(C3)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; ^(C4)the first things have passed away."

⁵ And ^(C1)He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am ^(C2)making all things new." And He ^(*)said, "Write, for ^(C3)these words are faithful and true."⁶ Then He said to me, "^(F1)(C1)It is done. I am the ^(C2)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(C3)I will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^(C4)water of life, without cost.⁷ "^(C1)The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^(C2)I will be his God and he will be My son.⁸ "^(C1)But for the cowardly, and ^(F1)unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in ^(C2)the lake that burns with fire and ^(F2)brimstone, which is the ^(C3)second death."

^9 (C1)Then one of the seven angels who had the ^(C2)seven bowls, ^(F1)full of the ^(C3)seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, "^(C1)Come here, I will show you the ^(C4)bride, the wife of the Lamb."

The New Jerusalem

¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a ^(F1)gold measuring ^(C1)rod to measure the city, its ^(C2)gates, and its wall.¹⁶ The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^(F1)rod, ^(F2)twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal.¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^(F1)144 cubits, by ^(C1)human ^(F2)measurements, which are also ^(C2)angelic measurements.¹⁸ The material of the wall was ^(C1)jasper; and the city was ^(C2)pure gold, like ^(F1)clear ^(C3)glass.^19 (C1)The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(C2)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(C3)emerald;²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(C1)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.²¹ And the twelve ^(C1)gates were twelve ^(C2)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(C3)pure gold, like transparent ^(C4)glass.

²² I saw ^(C1)no ^(F1)temple in it, for the ^(C2)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(C3)Lamb are its ^(F1)temple.²³ And the city ^(C1)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(C2)the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the ^(C3)Lamb.^24 (C1)The nations will walk by its light, and the ^(C2)kings of the earth ^(F1)will bring their glory into it.²⁵ In the daytime (for ^(C1)there will be no night there) ^(C2)its gates ^(C3)will never be closed;²⁶ and ^(C1)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it;²⁷ and ^(C1)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^(F1)whose names are ^(C2)written in the Lamb's book of life.