1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.
2And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. It was made ready like a bride dressed in beauty for her husband.
3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, "Look, the tabernacle of God is with people, and he will live with them. They shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God."
4"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. There shall be no more death, and no more sorrow or crying, and there shall be no more pain. For the old things have passed away."
5And the one who sat on the throne said, "Look, I make all things new." And he said to me, "Write this down, for these words are true and faithful."
6And he said to me, "It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life."
7"The one who overcomes shall inherit all things. I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
8"But the fearful, and those who do not believe, and the disgusting, and murderers, and those who commit sexual sin, and sorcerers, and those who worship idols, and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. That is the second death."
9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me. He talked with me and said, "Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
11It had the glory of God. Its light was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates were twelve angels. Names were written on the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
13On the east were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15The one who talked with me had a golden measuring rod, to measure the city and its gates and its wall.
16The city lies square, and its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length and its width and its height are equal.
17And he measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18The wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
19And the foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third a chalcedony, the fourth an emerald,
20the 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 twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
22I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23And the city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God gave it light, and the Lamb is its light.
24And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it.
25And its gates shall never be shut by day, for there shall be no night there.
26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27And nothing that makes unclean shall ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is disgusting or tells a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.