Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain^(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse^(B) them from sin and impurity.

² “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols^(C) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”^(D) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets^(E) and the spirit of impurity from the land. ³ And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies^(F) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.^(G)

⁴ “On that day every prophet will be ashamed^(H) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment^(I) of hair^(J) in order to deceive.^{(K) 5} Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.^[a]’^{(L) 6} If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body^[b]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord^(Y) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions^(Z) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

² I will gather all the nations^(AA) to Jerusalem to fight against it;^(AB) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^(AC) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^{(AD) 3} Then the Lord will go out and fight^(AE) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^{(AF) 4} On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,^(AG) east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split^(AH) in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. ⁵ You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake^[c](AI) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,^(AJ) and all the holy ones with him.^(AK)

⁶ On that day there will be neither sunlight^(AL) nor cold, frosty darkness. ⁷ It will be a unique^(AM) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.^(AN) When evening comes, there will be light.^(AO)

⁸ On that day living water^(AP) will flow^(AQ) out from Jerusalem, half of it east^(AR) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.^(AS)

⁹ The Lord will be king^(AT) over the whole earth.^(AU) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.^(AV)

¹⁰ The whole land, from Geba^(AW) to Rimmon,^(AX) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up^(AY) high from the Benjamin Gate^(AZ) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,^(BA) and from the Tower of Hananel^(BB) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.^{(BC) 11} It will be inhabited;^(BD) never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.^(BE)

¹² This is the plague with which the Lord will strike^(BF) all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.^{(BG) 13} On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^(BH) They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^{(BI) 14} Judah^(BJ) too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected^(BK)—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. ¹⁵ A similar plague^(BL) will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

¹⁶ Then the survivors^(BM) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship^(BN) the King,^(BO) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{(BP) 17} If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship^(BQ) the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.^{(BR) 18} If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord^[d] will bring on them the plague^(BS) he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^{(BT) 19} This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(BU)

²⁰ On that day holy to the Lord^(BV) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^(BW) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^(BX) in front of the altar. ²¹ Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy^(BY) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day^(BZ) there will no longer be a Canaanite^[e](CA) in the house^(CB) of the Lord Almighty.^(CC)

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,^(B) and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City,^(C) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(D) prepared as a bride^(E) beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^(F) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^{(G) 4} ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(H) There will be no more death’^[b](I) or mourning or crying or pain,^(J) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(K)

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(L) said, “I am making everything new!”^(M) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(N)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(O) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(P) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(Q) from the spring of the water of life.^{(R) 7} Those who are victorious^(S) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{(T) 8} But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(U)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(V) This is the second death.”^(W)

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^(X) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(Y) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(Z) in the Spirit^(AA) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^{(AB) 11} It shone with the glory of God,^(AC) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^(AD) clear as crystal.^{(AE) 12} It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,^(AF) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.^{(AG) 13} There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. ¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations,^(AH) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles^(AI) of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod^(AJ) of gold to measure the city, its gates^(AK) and its walls. ¹⁶ The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia^[c] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. ¹⁷ The angel measured the wall using human^(AL) measurement, and it was 144 cubits^[d] thick.^{[e] 18} The wall was made of jasper,^(AM) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^{(AN) 19} The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.^(AO) The first foundation was jasper,^(AP) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,^(AQ) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^{[f] 21} The twelve gates^(AR) were twelve pearls,^(AS) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.^(AT)

²² I did not see a temple^(AU) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty^(AV) and the Lamb^(AW) are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^(AX) gives it light,^(AY) and the Lamb^(AZ) is its lamp. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.^{(BA) 25} On no day will its gates^(BB) ever be shut,^(BC) for there will be no night there.^{(BD) 26} The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.^{(BE) 27} Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,^(BF) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.^(BG)