Rev Revelation, chapter Revelation of Jesus Christ, chapter 21
The New Heaven and Earth
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. Isa 65:17; 2Pe 3:13And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Isa 52:1; Isa 54:5; 2Co 11:2; Gal 4:26; Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His 21:3 Lit peoplespeople, and God Himself will be among them21:3 One early ms adds, as their God, Lev 26:12; Ezk 43:7and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”Isa 25:8; Isa 35:10; Rev 7:17
And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Isa 43:19; 2Co 5:17Then He said to me, “21:6 Lit They areIt is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life, without cost. Rev 1:8; Rev 1:10; Rev 22:13The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. Heb 8:10But for the cowardly, and 21:8 Or untrustworthyunbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and 21:8 I.e., burning sulfurbrimstone, which is the second death.”1Co 6:9; Gal 5:19
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, 21:9 Lit who were full; i.e., (previously) loaded withfull of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”Rev 15:1; Rev 19:7
The New Jerusalem
And he carried me away 21:10 Or in spiritin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her 21:11 Or radiancebrilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. 21:12 Lit havingIt had a great and high wall, 21:12 Lit havingwith twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. Ezk 48:31There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.Mat 16:18; Gal 2:9; Eph 2:20
The one who spoke with me had a 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reedgold measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. Ezk 40:3The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the 21:16 Lit reedrod, 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 mtwelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. And he measured its wall, 21:17 Possibly about 216 ft. or 65 m; a cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm144 cubits, by human 21:17 Lit measuremeasurements, which are also angelic measurements. The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like 21:18 Lit pureclear glass. The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; Exo 28:17; Isa 54:11the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
I saw no 21:22 Or sanctuarytemple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its 21:22 Or sanctuarytemple. And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. Isa 60:19; Rev 22:5The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth 21:24 Lit bringwill bring their glory into it. Isa 60:3; Isa 60:5In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; Isa 60:11; Isa 60:20; Rev 22:5and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those 21:27 Lit who have been writtenwhose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.Isa 35:8; Rev 20:12