New Heavens and a New Earth

²⁴ It will also come to pass that before they call, I will ^(O)answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen. ²⁵ The ^(P)wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the ^(Q)lion will eat straw like the ox; and ^(R)dust will be the serpent’s food. They will ^(S)do no evil or harm on all My ^(T)holy mountain,” says the Lord.

A New Heaven and Earth

¹⁰ But ^(A)the day of the Lord ^(B)will come like a thief, in which ^(C)the heavens ^(D)will pass away with a roar and the ^(E)elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and ^(F)the earth and ^[a]its works will be ^[b]discovered.

¹¹ Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, ^12 (G)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which ^(H)the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the ^(I)elements will melt with intense heat! ¹³ But according to His ^(J)promise we are looking for ^(K)new heavens and a new earth, ^(L)in which righteousness dwells.

^14 (M)Therefore, ^(N)beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be ^(O)found ^(P)spotless and blameless by Him, at peace, ¹⁵ and regard the ^(Q)patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also ^(R)our beloved brother Paul, ^(S)according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, ¹⁶ as also in all his letters, speaking in them of ^(T)these things, ^(U)in which there are some things that are hard to understand, which the untaught and ^(V)unstable distort, as they do also ^(W)the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. ¹⁷ You therefore, ^(X)beloved, knowing this beforehand, ^(Y)be on your guard so that you are not carried away by ^(Z)the error of ^[c](AA)unscrupulous people and ^(AB)lose your own ^[d]firm commitment, ¹⁸ but grow in the grace and ^(AC)knowledge of our ^(AD)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ^(AE)To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

The New Heaven and Earth

21 Then I saw ^(A)a new heaven and a new earth; for ^(B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. ² And I saw ^(C)the holy city, ^(D)new Jerusalem, ^(E)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(F)prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, ^(G)the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will ^(H)dwell among them, and they shall be His ^[a]people, and God Himself will be among them^[b], ⁴ and He will ^(I)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^(J)there will no longer be any death; ^(K)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; ^(L)the first things have passed away.”

⁵ And ^(M)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am ^(N)making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for ^(O)these words are faithful and true.” ⁶ Then He said to me, “^[c](P)It is done. I am the ^(Q)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(R)I will give water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^(S)water of life, without cost. ^7 (T)The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^(U)I will be his God and he will be My son. ^8 (V)But for the cowardly, and ^[d]unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in ^(W)the lake that burns with fire and ^[e]brimstone, which is the ^(X)second death.”

^9 (Y)Then one of the seven angels who had the ^(Z)seven bowls, ^[f]full of the ^(AA)seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “^(AB)Come here, I will show you the ^(AC)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

¹⁰ And ^(AD)he carried me away ^[g](AE)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(AF)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having ^(AG)the glory of God. Her ^[h]brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a ^(AH)stone of ^(AI)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [i]It had a great and high wall, ^[j](AJ)with twelve ^(AK)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. ¹³ There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had ^(AL)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(AM)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a ^[k]gold measuring ^(AN)rod to measure the city, its ^(AO)gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^[l]rod, ^[m]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[n]144 cubits, by ^(AP)human ^[o]measurements, which are also ^(AQ)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ The material of the wall was ^(AR)jasper; and the city was ^(AS)pure gold, like ^[p]clear ^(AT)glass. ^19 (AU)The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(AV)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(AW)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(AX)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(AY)gates were twelve ^(AZ)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(BA)pure gold, like transparent ^(BB)glass.

²² I saw ^(BC)no ^[q]temple in it, for the ^(BD)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(BE)Lamb are its ^[r]temple. ²³ And the city ^(BF)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(BG)the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the ^(BH)Lamb. ^24 (BI)The nations will walk by its light, and the ^(BJ)kings of the earth ^[s]will bring their glory into it. ²⁵ In the daytime (for ^(BK)there will be no night there) ^(BL)its gates ^(BM)will never be closed; ²⁶ and ^(BN)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; ²⁷ and ^(BO)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[t]whose names are ^(BP)written in the Lamb’s book of life.