Revelation 21:9-22:5
The New Jerusalem
9 Then came aone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of bthe seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you cthe Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And ahe carried me away in the Spirit to ba great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 ahaving the glory of God, bits radiance clike a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall, awith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve afoundations, and bon them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me ahad a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by ahuman measurement, which is also ban angel’s measurement. 18 The wall was built of ajasper, while the city was pure gold, like aclear glass. 19 aThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and athe street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 And aI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city ahas no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for bthe glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 By its light awill the nations walk, and the kings of the earth bwill bring their glory into it, 25 and aits gates will never be shut by day—and bthere will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But anothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s bbook of life.
The River of Life
Then the angel showed me athe river of bthe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of athe street of the city; balso, on either side of the river, cthe tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were dfor the healing of the nations. 3 aNo longer will there be anything accursed, but bthe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and chis servants will worship him. 4 aThey will see his face, and bhis name will be on their foreheads. 5 And anight will be no more. They will need no light of lamp bor sun, for cthe Lord God will be their light, and dthey will reign forever and ever.
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