21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,[1671] for the first heaven and the first earth have disappeared, and the sea existed no more. 2 I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s residence is now among human beings. He will live with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them.  4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will not exist any more, or mourning, or crying, or pain, because the first things have disappeared.” [1672]
    5 And the one seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” Then He said, “Write this down, because these words are faithful and true.”  6 He also said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give freely to anyone who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. 7 The one who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.  8 But the cowards, unbelievers, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
    9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”  10 So he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.  11 The city had the glory of God. Its brightness was like a precious jewel, like a crystal-clear jasper stone.  12 It had a huge, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates.  13 On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.  14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
    15 The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.  16 The city is square; its length is the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod: 1400 miles. Its length, width, and height are equal.  17 He also measured its wall: 144 cubits or about 200 feet, according to human measurements, which are also angelic.  18 The wall was jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.  19 The foundations of the city’s wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 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. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made from one pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
    22 I saw no temple in the city because the Lord God — the Almighty — and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or moon to shine on it because the glory of God lights it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 The nations[1673] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 Its gates will never be shut during the day, and there will be no night there. 26 They will bring the glory and the wealth of the nations into it, 27 but nothing impure will enter it, nor anyone who practices abominable things or lying, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.