1And I saw a newheavenand a newearth: for the firstheavenand the firstearth were passed away; and there wasnomoresea.
2AndIJohnsaw the holycity, newJerusalem, coming downfromGod out ofheaven, preparedas a brideadorned for herhusband.
3And I heard a greatvoice out ofheavensaying, Behold, the tabernacleofGod is withmen, and he will dwellwiththem, andthey shall behispeople, andGodhimself shall bewiththem, andbetheirGod.
4AndGod shall wipe awayalltearsfromtheireyes; and there shall benomoredeath, neithersorrow, norcrying, neither shall there be any morepain: for the former things are passed away.
5And he that satupon the thronesaid, Behold, I make all thingsnew. And he said unto me, Write: forthesewordsaretrueandfaithful.
6And he said unto me, It is done. IamAlphaandOmega, the beginningand the end. I will give unto him that is athirstof the fountainof the wateroflifefreely.
7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will behisGod, andhe shall bemyson.
8But the fearful, andunbelieving, and the abominable, andmurderers, andwhoremongers, andsorcerers, andidolaters, andallliars, shall have theirpartin the lakewhichburneth with fireandbrimstone: whichis the seconddeath.
9And there cameuntome one of the sevenangelswhichhad the sevenvialsfullof the sevenlastplagues, andtalkedwithme, saying, Come hither, I will shewthee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10And he carriedmeawayin the spiritto a greatandhighmountain, andshewedme that greatcity, the holyJerusalem, descending out ofheavenfromGod,
11Having the glory of God: andherlight was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasperstone, clear as crystal;
12Andhad a wallgreatandhigh, andhadtwelvegates, andat the gatestwelveangels, andnames written thereon, whichare the names of the twelvetribes of the children of Israel:
13On the eastthreegates; on the norththreegates; on the souththreegates; andon the westthreegates.
14And the wall of the cityhadtwelvefoundations, andinthem the names of the twelveapostles of the Lamb.
15And he that talkedwithmehad a goldenreedtomeasure the city, and the gatesthereof, and the wallthereof.
16And the cityliethfoursquare, and the lengthisaslargeas the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelvethousandfurlongs. The lengthand the breadthand the height of itareequal.
17And he measured the wallthereof, an hundredandfortyandfourcubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And the building of the wall of itwas of jasper: and the citywaspuregold, like unto clearglass.
19And the foundationsof the wallof the city were garnished with all manner ofpreciousstones. The firstfoundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21And the twelvegatesweretwelvepearls; everyseveralgatewasofonepearl: and the streetof the citywaspuregold, as it weretransparentglass.
22And I sawnotempletherein: for the LordGodAlmightyand the Lambare the temple of it.
23And the cityhadnoneed of the sun, neither of the moon, toshineinit: for the glory of God did lightenit, and the Lamb is the lightthereof.
24And the nations of them which are saved shall walkin the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bringtheirgloryandhonourintoit.
25And the gates of itshallnotbeshut at all by day: forthereshallbenonightthere.
26And they shall bring the gloryandhonour of the nationsintoit.
27And there shallin no wiseenterintoit any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever workethabomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are writtenin the Lamb's book of life.