Revelation 21:9-27
The New Jerusalem
9 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 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 having the glory of God. Her light was like a
most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as
crystal. 12 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 three
gates on the east, three gates on the north, three
gates on the south, and three gates on the west. 14
Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and
on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the
Lamb. 15 And he who talked with me had a gold reed
to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 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 Then he measured its wall:
one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The
construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city
was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 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 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 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 But I
saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are its temple. 23 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 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 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there
shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring
the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27
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.
