Prosperity After Turning to the Lord

30 When all these blessings and curses^(A) I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations,^{(B) 2} and when you and your children return^(C) to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart^(D) and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](E) and have compassion^(F) on you and gather^(G) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(H) you.^{(I) 4} Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens,^(J) from there the Lord your God will gather^(K) you and bring you back.^{(L) 5} He will bring^(M) you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous^(N) than your ancestors. ⁶ The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(O) so that you may love^(P) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. ⁷ The Lord your God will put all these curses^(Q) on your enemies who hate and persecute you.^{(R) 8} You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. ⁹ Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land.^(S) The Lord will again delight^(T) in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, ¹⁰ if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law^(U) and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.^(V)

⁴⁴ “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush^(A) all those kingdoms^(B) and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.^(C)

The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,^(A) having the key^(B) to the Abyss^(C) and holding in his hand a great chain. ² He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,^(D) and bound him for a thousand years.^{(E) 3} He threw him into the Abyss,^(F) and locked and sealed^(G) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations^(H) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

⁴ I saw thrones^(I) on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.^(J) And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded^(K) because of their testimony about Jesus^(L) and because of the word of God.^(M) They^[a] had not worshiped the beast^(N) or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.^(O) They came to life and reigned^(P) with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.^{(Q) 6} Blessed^(R) and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death^(S) has no power over them, but they will be priests^(T) of God and of Christ and will reign with him^(U) for a thousand years.

The Judgment of Satan

⁷ When the thousand years are over,^(V) Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations^(W) in the four corners of the earth^(X)—Gog and Magog^(Y)—and to gather them for battle.^(Z) In number they are like the sand on the seashore.^{(AA) 9} They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded^(AB) the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.^(AC) But fire came down from heaven^(AD) and devoured them. ¹⁰ And the devil, who deceived them,^(AE) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,^(AF) where the beast^(AG) and the false prophet^(AH) had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.^(AI)

The Judgment of the Dead

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne^(AJ) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^(AK) and there was no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small,^(AL) standing before the throne, and books were opened.^(AM) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^(AN) The dead were judged^(AO) according to what they had done^(AP) as recorded in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades^(AQ) gave up the dead^(AR) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.^{(AS) 14} Then death^(AT) and Hades^(AU) were thrown into the lake of fire.^(AV) The lake of fire is the second death.^{(AW) 15} Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life^(AX) was thrown into the lake of fire.

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[b](AY) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,^(AZ) and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City,^(BA) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(BB) prepared as a bride^(BC) 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.^(BD) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^{(BE) 4} ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(BF) There will be no more death’^[c](BG) or mourning or crying or pain,^(BH) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(BI)

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

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

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^(BV) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(BW) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(BX) in the Spirit^(BY) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^{(BZ) 11} It shone with the glory of God,^(CA) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^(CB) clear as crystal.^{(CC) 12} It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,^(CD) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.^{(CE) 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,^(CF) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles^(CG) of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod^(CH) of gold to measure the city, its gates^(CI) 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^[d] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. ¹⁷ The angel measured the wall using human^(CJ) measurement, and it was 144 cubits^[e] thick.^{[f] 18} The wall was made of jasper,^(CK) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^{(CL) 19} The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.^(CM) The first foundation was jasper,^(CN) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,^(CO) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^{[g] 21} The twelve gates^(CP) were twelve pearls,^(CQ) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.^(CR)

²² I did not see a temple^(CS) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty^(CT) and the Lamb^(CU) are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^(CV) gives it light,^(CW) and the Lamb^(CX) is its lamp. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.^{(CY) 25} On no day will its gates^(CZ) ever be shut,^(DA) for there will be no night there.^{(DB) 26} The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.^{(DC) 27} Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,^(DD) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.^(DE)