The Heads of the Provinces in Jerusalem

11 And ^(A)the officials of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people ^(B)cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, ^(C)the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

²⁰ In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “^(A)Holy to Yahweh.” And the ^(B)pots in the house of Yahweh will be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹ And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be ^(C)holy to Yahweh of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a ^[a](D)Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of hosts in that day.

⁵ Then the devil *took Him into ^(A)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

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

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

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

New Jerusalem, the Holy City

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

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me had a ^[k]gold measuring ^(AL)rod to measure the city and its ^(AM)gates and its wall. ¹⁶ And 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]12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[n]144 cubits, according to ^(AN)human ^[o]measurements, which are also ^(AO)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ And the material of the wall was ^(AP)jasper, and the city was ^(AQ)pure gold, like pure ^(AR)glass. ^19 (AS)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(AT)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(AU)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(AV)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(AW)gates were twelve ^(AX)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(AY)pure gold, like transparent ^(AZ)glass.

²² And I saw ^(BA)no sanctuary in it, for the ^(BB)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(BC)Lamb are its sanctuary. ²³ And the city ^(BD)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(BE)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the ^(BF)Lamb. ^24 (BG)And the nations will walk by its light, and the ^(BH)kings of the earth ^[p]will bring their glory into it. ^25 (BI)And its gates ^(BJ)will never be closed by day, for ^(BK)there will be no night there; ²⁶ and ^(BL)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And ^(BM)nothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[q]whose names are ^(BN)written in the Lamb’s book of life.