1 T hen I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea.

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was made ready like a bride is made ready for her husband.

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 I heard a loud voice coming from heaven. It said, “See! God’s home is with men. He will live with them. They will be His people. God Himself will be with them. He will be their God.

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

4 G od will take away all their tears. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All the old things have passed away.”

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

5 T hen the One sitting on the throne said, “See! I am making all things new. Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

6 T hen He said to me, “These things have happened! I am the First and the Last. I am the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty, I will give the water of life. It is a free gift.

And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

7 H e who has power and wins will receive these things. I will be his God and he will be My son.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

8 B ut those who are afraid and those who do not have faith and the sinful-minded people and those who kill other people and those who do sex sins and those who follow witchcraft and those who worship false gods and all those who tell lies will be put into the lake of fire and sulphur. This is the second death.” The New Jerusalem

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” The New Jerusalem

9 T hen one of the seven angels who had the seven jars full of the seven last troubles came to me and said, “Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

10 I was carried away in the Spirit by the angel to a very high mountain. He showed me the Holy City of Jerusalem. It was coming out of heaven from God.

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

11 I t was filled with the shining-greatness of God. It shone like a stone worth much money, like a jasper stone. It was clear like glass.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

12 I t had a very high wall, and there were twelve gates. Twelve angels stood by the gates. The names of the twelve family groups of the Jewish nation were written on the gates.

Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

13 T here were three gates on each side. There were three on the east side and three on the north side and three on the south side and three on the west side.

three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

14 T he walls were on twelve stones. The names of the twelve missionaries of the Lamb were written on the stones.

Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 T he angel had a stick in his hand. It was used to find out how big the city and its gates and the walls were.

And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

16 H e found out that the city was as wide as it was long and it was as high as it was wide. It was as long as a man could walk in fifty days. It was the same each way.

The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

17 T he angel found out that the walls were the same as a man taking seventy-two long steps. The angel used the same way to find out about the city as a man would have used.

Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18 T he wall was made of jasper. The city was made of pure gold. This gold was as clear as glass.

The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

19 T he city was built on every kind of stone that was worth much money. The first stone was jasper. The second was sapphire. The third was chalcedony. The fourth was emerald.

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

20 T he fifth was sardonyx. The sixth was sardius. The seventh was chrysolite. The eighth was beryl. The ninth was topaz. The tenth was chrysoprase. The eleventh was jacinth and the twelfth was amethyst.

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

21 T he twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each gate was made from one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold. It was as clear as glass.

The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. The Glory of the New Jerusalem

22 I did not see a house of God in the city. The All-powerful Lord God and the Lamb are the house of God in this city.

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

23 T here is no need for the sun and moon to shine in the city. The shining-greatness of God makes it full of light. The Lamb is its light.

The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

24 T he nations will walk by its light. The kings of the earth will bring their greatness into it.

And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.

25 T he gates are open all day. They will never be shut. There will be no night there.

Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).

26 T he greatness and honor of all the nations will be brought into it.

And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

27 N othing sinful will go into the city. No one who is sinful-minded or tells lies can go in. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life can go in.

But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.