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Revelation 21
New International Version

### A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,(B) and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City,(C) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(D) prepared as a bride(E) beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(F) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(G) 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.(H) There will be no more death’[b](I) or mourning or crying or pain,(J) for the old order of things has passed away.”(K)

5 He who was seated on the throne(L) said, “I am making everything new!”(M) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”(N)

6 He said to me: “It is done.(O) I am the Alpha and the Omega,(P) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost(Q) from the spring of the water of life.(R) 7 Those who are victorious(S) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.(T) 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(U)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(V) This is the second death.”(W)

### The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues(X) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,(Y) the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away(Z) in the Spirit(AA) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.(AB) 11 It shone with the glory of God,(AC) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,(AD) clear as crystal.(AE) 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,(AF) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.(AG) 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations,(AH) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(AI) of the Lamb.

15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod(AJ) of gold to measure the city, its gates(AK) and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[c] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human(AL) measurement, and it was 144 cubits[d] thick.[e] 18 The wall was made of jasper,(AM) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.(AN) 19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.(AO) The first foundation was jasper,(AP) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,(AQ) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[f] 21 The twelve gates(AR) were twelve pearls,(AS) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.(AT)

22 I did not see a temple(AU) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty(AV) and the Lamb(AW) are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(AX) gives it light,(AY) and the Lamb(AZ) is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(BA) 25 On no day will its gates(BB) ever be shut,(BC) for there will be no night there.(BD) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(BE) 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(BF) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(BG)

#### Footnotes

1. Revelation 21:1 Isaiah 65:17
2. Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8
3. Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers
4. Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
5. Revelation 21:17 Or high
6. Revelation 21:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

#### Cross references

1. Revelation 21:1 : S 2Pe 3:13
2. Revelation 21:1 : S Rev 6:14
3. Revelation 21:2 : ver 10; Ne 11:18; Isa 52:1; Rev 11:2; 22:19
4. Revelation 21:2 : ver 10; Heb 11:10; 12:22; Rev 3:12
5. Revelation 21:2 : S Rev 19:7
6. Revelation 21:3 : Ex 25:8; 2Ch 6:18; Eze 48:35; Zec 2:10
7. Revelation 21:3 : S 2Co 6:16
8. Revelation 21:4 : S Rev 7:17
9. Revelation 21:4 : Isa 25:8; 1Co 15:26; Rev 20:14
10. Revelation 21:4 : Isa 35:10; 65:19
11. Revelation 21:4 : S 2Co 5:17
12. Revelation 21:5 : Rev 4:9; 20:11
13. Revelation 21:5 : ver 4
14. Revelation 21:5 : Rev 19:9; 22:6
15. Revelation 21:6 : Rev 16:17
16. Revelation 21:6 : Rev 1:8; 22:13
17. Revelation 21:6 : Isa 55:1
18. Revelation 21:6 : S Jn 4:10
19. Revelation 21:7 : S Jn 16:33
20. Revelation 21:7 : ver 3; 2Sa 7:14; 2Co 6:16; S Ro 8:14
21. Revelation 21:8 : ver 27; Ps 5:6; 1Co 6:9; Heb 12:14; Rev 22:15
22. Revelation 21:8 : S Rev 9:17
23. Revelation 21:8 : S Rev 2:11
24. Revelation 21:9 : S Rev 15:1, 6, 7
25. Revelation 21:9 : S Rev 19:7
26. Revelation 21:10 : Eze 40:2; Rev 17:3
27. Revelation 21:10 : S Rev 1:10
28. Revelation 21:10 : S ver 2
29. Revelation 21:11 : ver 23; Isa 60:1, 2; Eze 43:2; Rev 15:8; 22:5
30. Revelation 21:11 : ver 18, 19; Rev 4:3
31. Revelation 21:11 : Rev 4:6
32. Revelation 21:12 : ver 15, 21, 25; Rev 22:14
33. Revelation 21:12 : Eze 48:30-34
34. Revelation 21:14 : S Eph 2:20; Heb 11:10
35. Revelation 21:14 : Ac 1:26; Eph 2:20
36. Revelation 21:15 : Eze 40:3; Rev 11:1
37. Revelation 21:15 : S ver 12
38. Revelation 21:17 : Rev 13:18
39. Revelation 21:18 : S ver 11
40. Revelation 21:18 : ver 21
41. Revelation 21:19 : Ex 28:17-20; Isa 54:11, 12; Eze 28:13
42. Revelation 21:19 : S ver 11
43. Revelation 21:20 : Rev 4:3
44. Revelation 21:21 : S ver 12
45. Revelation 21:21 : Isa 54:12
46. Revelation 21:21 : ver 18
47. Revelation 21:22 : Jn 4:21, 23
48. Revelation 21:22 : S Rev 1:8
49. Revelation 21:22 : S Rev 5:6
50. Revelation 21:23 : S ver 11
51. Revelation 21:23 : Isa 24:23; 60:19, 20; Rev 22:5
52. Revelation 21:23 : S Rev 5:6
53. Revelation 21:24 : ver 26; Isa 60:3, 5
54. Revelation 21:25 : S ver 12
55. Revelation 21:25 : Isa 60:11
56. Revelation 21:25 : Zec 14:7; Rev 22:5
57. Revelation 21:26 : ver 24
58. Revelation 21:27 : Isa 52:1; Joel 3:17; Rev 22:14, 15
59. Revelation 21:27 : S Rev 20:12

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