Revelation 21:9-27

New King James Version

The New Jerusalem^(A)

⁹ Then one of ^(B)the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came ^[a]to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^(C)the ^[b]bride, the Lamb’s wife.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away ^(D)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(E)the ^[c]great city, the ^[d]holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, ^11 (F)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 ^(G)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 (H)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 ^(I)on them were the ^[e]names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ And he who talked with me ^(J)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 ^[f]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 (K)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 ^(L)pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. ^(M)And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

The Glory of the New Jerusalem

^22 (N)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ^23 (O)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine ^[g]in it, for the ^[h]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. ^24 (P)And the nations ^[i]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor ^[j]into it. ^25 (Q)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day ^(R)(there shall be no night there). ^26 (S)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into ^[k]it. ²⁷ But ^(T)there shall by no means enter it anything ^[l]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^(U)Book of Life.