Revelation 21:2-17

English Standard Version

² And I saw ^(A)the holy city, ^(B)new Jerusalem, ^(C)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(D)prepared ^(E)as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, ^(F)the dwelling place^[a] of God is with man. He will ^(G)dwell with them, and they will be his people,^[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.^{[c] 4 (H)}He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^(I)death shall be no more, ^(J)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

⁵ And ^(K)he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^(L)am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^(M)these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ And he said to me, ^(N)“It is done! ^(O)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(P)To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. ^7 (Q)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and ^(R)I will be his God and ^(S)he will be my son. ^8 (T)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ^(U)their portion will be in ^(V)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is ^(W)the second death.”

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came ^(X)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^(Y)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^(Z)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And ^(AA)he carried me away in the Spirit to ^(AB)a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, ^11 (AC)having the glory of God, ^(AD)its radiance ^(AE)like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² It had a great, high wall, ^(AF)with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed— ¹³ on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve ^(AG)foundations, and ^(AH)on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me ^(AI)had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. ¹⁶ The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.^[d] Its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ He also measured its wall, 144 cubits^[e] by ^(AJ)human measurement, which is also ^(AK)an angel's measurement.