And I saw
a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and
there was no more sea.
02 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
03 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall
be his people, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God.
04 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away.
05 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold,
I make all things new. And he said unto me,
Write: for these words are true and faithful.
06 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely.
07 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
08 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with
fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
09 And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither,
I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and shewed me that great
city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names
written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west
three gates.
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14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and
the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length
is as large as the breadth: and he measured the
city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The
length and the breadth and the height of it are
equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto
clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious
stones. The first foundation was jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the
fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the
eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every
several gate was of one pearl: and the street of
the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God
did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall
walk in the light of it: and the kings of the
earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any
thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
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