{"book":"Revelation","slug":"revelation","ch":21,"genre":"list","sub":"The Revelation of Jesus Christ","prev":"revelation/20","next":"revelation/22","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.","f":["See Isaiah 65:17 and Isaiah 66:22 (see also LXX)."],"h":"A New Heaven and a New Earth","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"I saw the holy city, [the] new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“ Behold, the dwelling place of God [is] with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them [as] their God.","f":["SBL, NE, WH, and BYZ God Himself will be with them."],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, the dwelling place of God [is] with man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He will dwell with them."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will be His people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and God Himself will be with them [as] their God."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"‘ He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death [or] mourning [or] crying [or] pain, for the former things have passed away.”","f":["Isaiah 25:8."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"‘ He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and there will be no more death"},{"style":"indent1","t":"[or] mourning [or] crying [or] pain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the former things have passed away.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"And the [One] seated on the throne said,“ Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said,“ Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And He told me,“ It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"The [one who] overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"But to [the] cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place [will be] in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me,“ Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”","f":[],"h":"The New Jerusalem","style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"And he carried me away in [the] Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city [of] Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"shining with the glory of God. Its radiance [was] like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"[The city] had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"[There were] three gates on [the] east, three on [the] north, three on [the] south, and three on [the] west.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"The wall of the city had twelve foundations [bearing] [the] names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"The [angel who] spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"The city lies foursquare, with [its] width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, [ and all its dimensions ] were equal — 12,000 {} stadia in length and width and height.","f":["12,000 stadia is approximately 1,380 miles or 2,220 kilometers."]},{"v":17,"t":"And he measured its wall [to be] 144 {} cubits, by the human measure the angel was [using].","f":["144 cubits is approximately 216 feet or 65.8 meters. The measure could indicate either height or thickness."]},{"v":18,"t":"The wall was made of jasper, and the city [itself] of pure gold, as pure as glass.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation [was] jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone:"},{"style":"list1stline","t":"The first foundation [was] jasper,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the second sapphire,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the third chalcedony,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the fourth emerald,"}],"style":"list1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, [and] the twelfth amethyst.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"the fifth sardonyx,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the sixth carnelian,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the seventh chrysolite,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the eighth beryl,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the ninth topaz,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the tenth chrysoprase,"},{"style":"list1","t":"the eleventh jacinth,"},{"style":"list1","t":"[and] the twelfth amethyst."}],"style":"list1"},{"v":21,"t":"And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls, [with] each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city [was] pure gold, as clear as glass.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"[But] I saw no temple in [the city], because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"And the city has no need of sun [or] moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates [the city], and the Lamb [is] its lamp.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.","f":["BYZ and TR include and honor."]},{"v":25,"t":"Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.","f":[]},{"v":26,"t":"And into [the city] will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"[But] nothing unclean will ever enter it, [nor] anyone who practices an abomination [or] a lie, but only those whose [names] are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.","f":[]}]}