Revelation 21-22

New American Standard Bible 1995

The New Heaven and Earth

21 Then I saw ^(A)a new heaven and a new earth; for ^(B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. ² And I saw ^(C)the holy city, ^(D)new Jerusalem, ^(E)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(F)made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, ^(G)the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will ^[a](H)dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them^[b], ⁴ and He will ^(I)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^(J)there will no longer be any death; ^(K)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; ^(L)the first things have passed away.”

⁵ And ^(M)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am ^(N)making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for ^(O)these words are faithful and true.” ⁶ Then He said to me, “^[c](P)It is done. I am the ^(Q)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(R)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^(S)water of life without cost. ^7 (T)He who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^(U)I will be his God and he will be My son. ^8 (V)But for the cowardly and ^[d]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in ^(W)the lake that burns with fire and ^[e]brimstone, which is the ^(X)second death.”

^9 (Y)Then one of the seven angels who had the ^(Z)seven bowls ^[f]full of the ^(AA)seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “^(AB)Come here, I will show you the ^(AC)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

¹⁰ And ^(AD)he carried me away ^[g](AE)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(AF)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having ^(AG)the glory of God. Her ^[h]brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a ^(AH)stone of ^(AI)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [i]It had a great and high wall, ^[j](AJ)with twelve ^(AK)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 ^(AL)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(AM)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a ^[k]gold measuring ^(AN)rod to measure the city, and its ^(AO)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]rod, ^[m]fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[n]seventy-two yards, according to ^(AP)human ^[o]measurements, which are also ^(AQ)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ The material of the wall was ^(AR)jasper; and the city was ^(AS)pure gold, like ^[p]clear ^(AT)glass. ^19 (AU)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(AV)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(AW)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(AX)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(AY)gates were twelve ^(AZ)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(BA)pure gold, like transparent ^(BB)glass.

²² I saw ^(BC)no ^[q]temple in it, for the ^(BD)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(BE)Lamb are its ^[r]temple. ²³ And the city ^(BF)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(BG)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the ^(BH)Lamb. ^24 (BI)The nations will walk by its light, and the ^(BJ)kings of the earth ^[s]will bring their glory into it. ²⁵ In the daytime (for ^(BK)there will be no night there) ^(BL)its gates ^(BM)will never be closed; ²⁶ and ^(BN)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; ²⁷ and ^(BO)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[t]whose names are ^(BP)written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The River and the Tree of Life

22 Then ^(BQ)he showed me a ^(BR)river of the ^(BS)water of life, ^[u]clear ^(BT)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ^[v]the Lamb, ² in the middle of ^(BU)its street. ^(BV)On either side of the river was ^(BW)the tree of life, bearing twelve ^[w]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ^3 (BX)There will no longer be any curse; and ^(BY)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will ^(BZ)serve Him; ⁴ they will ^(CA)see His face, and His ^(CB)name will be on their ^(CC)foreheads. ⁵ And ^(CD)there will no longer be any night; and they ^[x]will not have need ^(CE)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will ^(CF)reign forever and ever.

⁶ And ^(CG)he said to me, “^(CH)These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the ^(CI)God of the spirits of the prophets, ^(CJ)sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.

⁷ “And behold, ^(CK)I am coming quickly. ^(CL)Blessed is he who ^[y]heeds ^(CM)the words of the prophecy of this book.”

^8 (CN)I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, ^(CO)I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. ⁹ But ^(CP)he *said to me, “Do not do that. I am a ^(CQ)fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who ^[z]heed the words of ^(CR)this book. Worship God.”

The Final Message

¹⁰ And he *said to me, “^(CS)Do not seal up ^(CT)the words of the prophecy of this book, ^(CU)for the time is near. ^11 (CV)Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”

¹² “Behold, ^(CW)I am coming quickly, and My ^(CX)reward is with Me, ^(CY)to render to every man ^[aa]according to what he has done. ¹³ I am the ^(CZ)Alpha and the Omega, ^(DA)the first and the last, ^(DB)the beginning and the end.”

¹⁴ Blessed are those who ^(DC)wash their robes, so that they may have the right to ^(DD)the tree of life, and may ^(DE)enter by the ^(DF)gates into the city. ^15 (DG)Outside are the ^(DH)dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

¹⁶ “^(DI)I, Jesus, have sent ^(DJ)My angel to testify to you these things ^[ab](DK)for the churches. I am ^(DL)the root and the ^(DM)descendant of David, the bright ^(DN)morning star.”

¹⁷ The ^(DO)Spirit and the ^(DP)bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ^(DQ)let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the ^(DR)water of life without cost.

¹⁸ I testify to everyone who hears ^(DS)the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone ^(DT)adds to them, God will add to him ^(DU)the plagues which are written in ^(DV)this book; ¹⁹ and if anyone ^(DW)takes away from the ^(DX)words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from ^(DY)the tree of life and ^[ac]from the holy city, ^(DZ)which are written in this book.

²⁰ He who ^(EA)testifies to these things says, “Yes, ^(EB)I am coming quickly.” Amen. ^(EC)Come, Lord Jesus.

^21 (ED)The grace of the Lord Jesus be with ^[ad]all. Amen.