¹¹ It shone with the glory of God,^(A) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^(B) clear as crystal.^(C)

⁵ There will be no more night.^(A) They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.^(B) And they will reign for ever and ever.^(C)

⁶ Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,^(A) clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,^(B) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.^(C)

Eden Restored

22 Then the angel showed me the river^(A) of the water of life,^(B) as clear as crystal,^(C) flowing^(D) from the throne of God and of the Lamb

¹⁸ The wall was made of jasper,^(A) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^{(B) 19} The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.^(C) The first foundation was jasper,^(D) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,

²⁶ Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne^(A) of lapis lazuli,^(B) and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.^(C)

²² Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault,^(A) sparkling like crystal, and awesome.

²² I did not see a temple^(A) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty^(B) and the Lamb^(C) are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^(D) gives it light,^(E) and the Lamb^(F) is its lamp.