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Revelation 21 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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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)prepared 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 the people, and He will (H)dwell among them, and they shall be His [a]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 water to the one who thirsts from the spring of the (S)water of life, without cost. 7 (T)The one 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 sexually 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 valuable stone, like 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 the gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, 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, 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]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. 17 And he measured its wall, [n]144 cubits, by (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 decorated 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 illuminated 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.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:3 Lit peoples
  2. Revelation 21:3 One early ms adds, as their God
  3. Revelation 21:6 Lit They are
  4. Revelation 21:8 Or untrustworthy
  5. Revelation 21:8 I.e., burning sulfur
  6. Revelation 21:9 Lit who were full; i.e., (previously) loaded with
  7. Revelation 21:10 Or in spirit
  8. Revelation 21:11 Or radiance
  9. Revelation 21:12 Lit having
  10. Revelation 21:12 Lit having
  11. Revelation 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reed
  12. Revelation 21:16 Lit reed
  13. Revelation 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m
  14. Revelation 21:17 Possibly about 216 ft. or 65 m; a cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm
  15. Revelation 21:17 Lit measure
  16. Revelation 21:18 Lit pure
  17. Revelation 21:22 Or sanctuary
  18. Revelation 21:22 Or sanctuary
  19. Revelation 21:24 Lit bring
  20. Revelation 21:27 Lit who have been written

Cross references

  1. Revelation 21:1 : Is 65:17; 66:22; 2 Pet 3:13
  2. Revelation 21:1 : 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:11
  3. Revelation 21:2 : Is 52:1; Rev 11:2; 21:10; 22:19
  4. Revelation 21:2 : Rev 3:12; 21:10
  5. Revelation 21:2 : Heb 11:10, 16; Rev 21:10
  6. Revelation 21:2 : Is 61:10; Rev 19:7; 21:9; 22:17
  7. Revelation 21:3 : Lev 26:11f; Ezek 37:27; 48:35; Heb 8:2; Rev 7:15
  8. Revelation 21:3 : John 14:23; 2 Cor 6:16
  9. Revelation 21:4 : Is 25:8; Rev 7:17
  10. Revelation 21:4 : 1 Cor 15:26; Rev 20:14
  11. Revelation 21:4 : Is 35:10; 51:11; 65:19
  12. Revelation 21:4 : 2 Cor 5:17; Heb 12:27
  13. Revelation 21:5 : Rev 4:9; 20:11
  14. Revelation 21:5 : 2 Cor 5:17; Heb 12:27
  15. Revelation 21:5 : Rev 19:9; 22:6
  16. Revelation 21:6 : Rev 10:6; 16:17
  17. Revelation 21:6 : Rev 1:8; 22:13
  18. Revelation 21:6 : Is 55:1; John 4:10; Rev 7:17; 22:17
  19. Revelation 21:6 : Rev 7:17
  20. Revelation 21:7 : Rev 2:7
  21. Revelation 21:7 : 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 89:26f; 2 Cor 6:16, 18; Rev 21:3
  22. Revelation 21:8 : 1 Cor 6:9; Gal 5:19-21; Rev 9:21; 21:27; 22:15
  23. Revelation 21:8 : Rev 19:20
  24. Revelation 21:8 : Rev 2:11
  25. Revelation 21:9 : Rev 17:1
  26. Revelation 21:9 : Rev 15:7
  27. Revelation 21:9 : Rev 15:1
  28. Revelation 21:9 : Rev 17:1
  29. Revelation 21:9 : Rev 19:7; 21:2
  30. Revelation 21:10 : Ezek 40:2; Rev 17:3
  31. Revelation 21:10 : Rev 1:10
  32. Revelation 21:10 : Rev 21:2
  33. Revelation 21:11 : Is 60:1f; Ezek 43:2; Rev 15:8; 21:23; 22:5
  34. Revelation 21:11 : Rev 4:3; 21:18, 19
  35. Revelation 21:11 : Rev 4:6
  36. Revelation 21:12 : Ezek 48:31-34
  37. Revelation 21:12 : Rev 21:15, 21, 25; 22:14
  38. Revelation 21:14 : Heb 11:10
  39. Revelation 21:14 : Acts 1:26
  40. Revelation 21:15 : Ezek 40:3; Rev 11:1
  41. Revelation 21:15 : Rev 21:12, 21, 25
  42. Revelation 21:17 : Deut 3:11; Rev 13:18
  43. Revelation 21:17 : Rev 21:9
  44. Revelation 21:18 : Rev 21:11
  45. Revelation 21:18 : Rev 21:21
  46. Revelation 21:18 : Rev 4:6
  47. Revelation 21:19 : Ex 28:17-20; Is 54:11f; Ezek 28:13
  48. Revelation 21:19 : Rev 21:11
  49. Revelation 21:19 : Rev 4:3
  50. Revelation 21:20 : Rev 4:3
  51. Revelation 21:21 : Rev 21:12, 15, 25
  52. Revelation 21:21 : Rev 17:4
  53. Revelation 21:21 : Rev 21:18
  54. Revelation 21:21 : Rev 4:6
  55. Revelation 21:22 : Matt 24:2; John 4:21
  56. Revelation 21:22 : Rev 1:8
  57. Revelation 21:22 : Rev 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  58. Revelation 21:23 : Is 24:23; 60:19, 20; Rev 21:25; 22:5
  59. Revelation 21:23 : Rev 21:11
  60. Revelation 21:23 : Rev 5:6; 7:17; 14:4
  61. Revelation 21:24 : Is 60:3, 5
  62. Revelation 21:24 : Ps 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16; Rev 21:26
  63. Revelation 21:25 : Zech 14:7; Rev 21:23; 22:5
  64. Revelation 21:25 : Rev 21:12, 15
  65. Revelation 21:25 : Is 60:11
  66. Revelation 21:26 : Ps 72:10f; Is 49:23; 60:16
  67. Revelation 21:27 : Is 52:1; Ezek 44:9; Zech 14:21; Rev 22:14f
  68. Revelation 21:27 : Rev 3:5

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