Chapter 21
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21: • 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea does not exist any longer [j]. • 2 And I saw the devoted city, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven, out from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne, saying: • “Look and see, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they will be His peoples, and God Himself, their God, will be with them [k]. 4 And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any longer, nor grief, nor crying, nor pain; they will not exist any longer because the former things have already gone away. • 5 And the One sitting upon the throne said, “Look and see, I make all things new.” And He said, “Write this, because these words are faithful and true.” • 6 Then He said to me, “It is become! I am the A and the Z, the Source, and the Completion. To the one thirsting, I will give of the spring of the water of life freely. • 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. 8 But the timid and unbelieving, having become detestable, and murderers and sexually immoral and drug users and idolaters and all fake liars, their portion is inside of the lake burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death. 9 And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls filled with the seven final striking blows came and spoke with me, saying, • “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away inside of the Spirit upon a great and high mountain, and he showed me the city, devoted Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven, out from God, 11 possessing the glory of God [l). • The radiance of it was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone as clear as crystal. 12 It had a great and high wall containing twelve gates, and upon the gates twelve angel-messengers, and names engraved, the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. • 15 The one speaking with me had a gold measuring reed, so that he could measure the city, its gates, and its wall [m]. 16 And the city is laid out as a square, with its length the same as its width. Then the angel measured the city with the measuring stick, at twelve thousand stadia. The length, the breadth, and the height of it are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits [that is, forearms], the measure of man, that is, of the angel-messenger. 18 And the material of its wall was jasper, and the city pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. • 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates respectively was of one pearl [n], and the street of the city was gold, pure as transparent glass. • 22 I did not see a temple inside of the city; for the Lord God All-Sustaining and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine in it; for the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is its lamp. • 24 Then the ethnic families will walk through its light, and the kings of the earth will carry the glory and honor of their ethnic families into it. 25 And its gates will not be shut by day, for night will not exist there. 26 They will bring the glory and the honor of the ethnic families into it. 27 But nothing unclean will enter into it, nor those doing foul things and falsehoods, but only those who are written inside of the Lamb’s book of life. |
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