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Revelations, Chapter 21

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. ² And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will^a Or tabernacledwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them^b One early ms reads, and be their God, ⁴ and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”	1 Isa 65:17 Isa 66:22 Pe2 3:13 Pe2 3:10 Rev 20:11 2 Isa 52:1 Rev 11:2 Rev 21:10 Rev 22:19 Rev 3:12 Rev 21:10 Heb 11:10 Heb 11:16 Rev 21:10 Isa 61:10 Rev 19:7 Rev 21:9 Rev 22:17 3 Lev 26:11 Eze 37:27 Eze 48:35 Heb 8:2 Rev 7:15 Joh 14:23 Co2 6:16 4 Isa 25:8 Rev 7:17 Co1 15:26 Rev 20:14 Isa 35:10 Isa 51:11 Isa 65:19 Co2 5:17 Heb 12:27
⁵ And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” ⁶ Then He said to me, “^c Lit They areIt is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. ⁷ He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. ⁸ But for the cowardly and^d Or untrustworthy*unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and^e I.e. burning sulphurbrimstone, which is the second death.”	5 Rev 4:9 Rev 20:11 Co2 5:17 Heb 12:27 Rev 19:9 Rev 22:6 6 Rev 10:6 Rev 16:17 Rev 1:8 Rev 22:13 Isa 55:1 Joh 4:10 Rev 7:17 Rev 22:17 Rev 7:17 7 Rev 2:7 Sa2 7:14 Psa 89:26 Co2 6:16 Co2 6:18 Rev 21:3 8 Co1 6:9 Gal 5:19-21 Rev 9:21 Rev 21:27 Rev 22:15 Rev 19:20 Rev 2:11
⁹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls^f Lit who were fullfull of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”	9 Rev 17:1 Rev 15:7 Rev 15:1 Rev 17:1 Rev 19:7 Rev 21:2
¹⁰ And he carried me away^g Or in spiritin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having the glory of God. Her^h Lit luminarybrilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. ¹² ⁱ Lit havingIt had a great and high wall,^j Lit havingwith twelve 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 twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.	10 Eze 40:2 Rev 17:3 Rev 1:10 Rev 21:2 11 Isa 60:1 Eze 43:2 Rev 15:8 Rev 21:23 Rev 22:5 Rev 4:3 Rev 21:18 Rev 21:19 Rev 4:6 12 Eze 48:31-34 Rev 21:15 Rev 21:21 Rev 21:25 Rev 22:14 14 Heb 11:10 Act 1:26
¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a^k Lit measure, a gold reedgold measuring rod to measure the city, and its 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 Lit reedrod,^mfifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall,ⁿ Lit one hundred forty-four cubitsseventy-two yards, according to human^o Lit measuremeasurements, which are also angelic measurements. ¹⁸ The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like^p Lit pureclear glass. ¹⁹ The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; 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; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.	15 Eze 40:3 Rev 11:1 Rev 21:12 Rev 21:21 Rev 21:25 17 Deu 3:11 Rev 13:18 Rev 21:9 18 Rev 21:11 Rev 21:21 Rev 4:6 19 Exo 28:17-20 Isa 54:11 Eze 28:13 Rev 21:11 Rev 4:3 20 Rev 4:3 21 Rev 21:12 Rev 21:15 Rev 21:25 Rev 17:4 Rev 21:18 Rev 4:6
²² I saw no^q Or sanctuarytemple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its^r Or sanctuarytemple. ²³ And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth^s Lit bringwill bring their glory into it. ²⁵ In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; ²⁶ and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; ²⁷ and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those^t Lit who have beenwhose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.	22 Mat 24:2 Joh 4:21 Rev 1:8 Rev 5:6 Rev 7:17 Rev 14:4 23 Isa 24:23 Isa 60:19 Isa 60:20 Rev 21:25 Rev 22:5 Rev 21:11 Rev 5:6 Rev 7:17 Rev 14:4 24 Isa 60:3 Isa 60:5 Psa 72:10 Isa 49:23 Isa 60:16 Rev 21:26 25 Zec 14:7 Rev 21:23 Rev 22:5 Rev 21:12 Rev 21:15 Isa 60:11 26 Psa 72:10 Isa 49:23 Isa 60:16 27 Isa 52:1 Eze 44:9 Zec 14:21 Rev 22:14 Rev 3:5


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