(M120) 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and
the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.
(M121) 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven(265) from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
(M122) 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell(266) with them, and they
shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, _and be_ their
God(267): 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death
shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain,
any more: the first things are passed away.
(M123) 5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things
new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true(268). 6
And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit
these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But for the
fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part _shall be_ in the
lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
(M124) 9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls,
who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying,
Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
(M125) 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and
high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, 11 having the glory of God: her light(269) was like unto a stone
most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: 12 having a
wall great and high; having twelve gates(270), and at the gates twelve
angels; and names written thereon, which are _the names_ of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel: 13 on the east were three gates; and on
the north three gates; and on the south three gates(271); and on the west
three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on
them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
(M126) 15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16 And the
city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth:
and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the
length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal. 17 And he
measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, _according
to_ the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
(M127) 18 And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city
was pure gold, like unto pure glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the
city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation
was jasper; the second, sapphire(272); the third, chalcedony; the fourth,
emerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase;
the eleventh, jacinth(273); the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates
were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and
the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass(274).
(M128) 22 And I saw no temple(275) therein: for the Lord God the Almighty,
and the Lamb, are the temple(276) thereof. 23 And the city hath no need of
the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did
lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb(277). 24 And the nations
shall walk amidst(278) the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring
their glory into it. 25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by
day (for there shall be no night there): 26 and they shall bring the glory
and the honor of the nations into it: 27 and there shall in no wise enter
into it anything unclean(279), or he that maketh(280) an abomination and a
lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.