Revelation 21:10-22:5

New American Standard Bible 1995

The New Jerusalem

¹⁰ And ^(A)he carried me away ^[a](B)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(C)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having ^(D)the glory of God. Her ^[b]brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a ^(E)stone of ^(F)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [c]It had a great and high wall, ^[d](G)with twelve ^(H)gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. ¹³ There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had ^(I)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(J)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a ^[e]gold measuring ^(K)rod to measure the city, and its ^(L)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 ^[f]rod, ^[g]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[h]seventy-two yards, according to ^(M)human ^[i]measurements, which are also ^(N)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ The material of the wall was ^(O)jasper; and the city was ^(P)pure gold, like ^[j]clear ^(Q)glass. ^19 (R)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(S)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(T)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(U)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(V)gates were twelve ^(W)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(X)pure gold, like transparent ^(Y)glass.

²² I saw ^(Z)no ^[k]temple in it, for the ^(AA)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(AB)Lamb are its ^[l]temple. ²³ And the city ^(AC)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(AD)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the ^(AE)Lamb. ^24 (AF)The nations will walk by its light, and the ^(AG)kings of the earth ^[m]will bring their glory into it. ²⁵ In the daytime (for ^(AH)there will be no night there) ^(AI)its gates ^(AJ)will never be closed; ²⁶ and ^(AK)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; ²⁷ and ^(AL)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[n]whose names are ^(AM)written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The River and the Tree of Life

22 Then ^(AN)he showed me a ^(AO)river of the ^(AP)water of life, ^[o]clear ^(AQ)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ^[p]the Lamb, ² in the middle of ^(AR)its street. ^(AS)On either side of the river was ^(AT)the tree of life, bearing twelve ^[q]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ^3 (AU)There will no longer be any curse; and ^(AV)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will ^(AW)serve Him; ⁴ they will ^(AX)see His face, and His ^(AY)name will be on their ^(AZ)foreheads. ⁵ And ^(BA)there will no longer be any night; and they ^[r]will not have need ^(BB)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will ^(BC)reign forever and ever.