² I saw the Holy City,^(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(B) prepared as a bride^(C) beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^(D) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^{(E) 4} ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(F) There will be no more death’^[a](G) or mourning or crying or pain,^(H) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(I)

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(J) said, “I am making everything new!”^(K) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(L)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(M) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(N) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(O) from the spring of the water of life.^{(P) 7} Those who are victorious^(Q) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{(R) 8} But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(S)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(T) This is the second death.”^(U)

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^(V) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(W) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(X) in the Spirit^(Y) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^(Z)