21:1 Then¹ I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist,² and the sea existed no more. 21:2 And I saw the holy city—the new Jerusalem—descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residence³ of God is among men and women.⁴ He⁵ will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.⁶ 21:4 He⁷ will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more—or mourning, or crying, or pain; ⁸the former things have ceased to exist.”⁹

21:5 And the one seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new!” Then¹⁰ he said to me, “Write it down,¹¹ because these words are reliable¹² and true.” 21:6 He also said to me, “It is done!¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water¹⁴ free of charge¹⁵ from the spring of the water of life. 21:7 The one who conquers¹⁶ will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells,¹⁷ the idolatrous, and all those who lie, their place¹⁸ will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.¹⁹ That²⁰ is the second death.”

21:9 Then²¹ one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!” 21:10 So²² he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain²³ and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. 21:11 The city possesses²⁴ the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.²⁵ 21:12 It has²⁶ a massive, high wall²⁷ with twelve gates,²⁸ with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel²⁹ are written on the gates.³⁰ 21:13 There are³¹ three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.³² 21:14 The³³ wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21:15 The angel³⁴ who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. 21:16 Now³⁵ the city is laid out as a square,³⁶ its length and width the same. He³⁷ measured the city with the measuring rod³⁸ at fourteen hundred miles³⁹ (its length and width and height are equal). 21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits⁴⁰ according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s.⁴¹ 21:18 The city’s⁴² wall is made⁴³ of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.⁴⁴ 21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated⁴⁵ with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate,⁴⁶ the fourth emerald, 21:20 the fifth onyx,⁴⁷ the sixth carnelian,⁴⁸ the seventh chrysolite,⁴⁹ the eighth beryl,⁵⁰ the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase,⁵¹ the eleventh jacinth,⁵² and the twelfth amethyst. 21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls—each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The⁵³ main street⁵⁴ of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

21:22 Now⁵⁵ I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God All-Powerful⁵⁶ is its temple, and the Lamb. 21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations⁵⁷ will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur⁵⁸ into it. 21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day⁵⁹ (for there will be no night there).⁶⁰ 21:26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth⁶¹ of the nations⁶² into it, 21:27 but⁶³ nothing ritually unclean⁶⁴ will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable⁶⁵ or practices falsehood,⁶⁶ but only those whose names⁶⁷ are written in the Lamb’s book of life.