⁶ Then I heard something like ^(A)the voice of a great multitude and like ^(B)the sound of many waters, and like the ^(C)sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,

“^(D)Hallelujah! For the ^(E)Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Marriage of the Lamb

⁷ Let’s rejoice and be glad and ^(F)give the glory to Him, because ^(G)the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His ^[a](H)bride has prepared herself.” ⁸ It was given to her to clothe herself in ^(I)fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the ^(J)righteous acts of the ^[b]saints.

⁹ Then ^(K)he *said to me, “^(L)Write: ‘^(M)Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “^(N)These are the true words of God.”

⁹ And they ^(A)came up on the ^[a]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^(B)camp of the ^[b]saints and the ^(C)beloved city, and ^(D)fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

² And I saw ^(A)the holy city, ^(B)new Jerusalem, ^(C)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(D)prepared 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 the people, and He will ^(F)dwell among them, and they shall be His ^[a]people, and God Himself will be among them^[b], 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 have passed away.”

^9 (A)Then one of the seven angels who had the ^(B)seven bowls, ^[a]full of the ^(C)seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “^(D)Come here, I will show you the ^(E)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The New Jerusalem

¹⁰ And ^(F)he carried me away ^[b](G)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(H)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having ^(I)the glory of God. Her ^[c]brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a ^(J)stone of ^(K)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [d]It had a great and high wall, ^[e](L)with twelve ^(M)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 ^(N)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(O)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ The one who spoke with me had a ^[f]gold measuring ^(P)rod to measure the city, its ^(Q)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 ^[g]rod, ^[h]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[i]144 cubits, by ^(R)human ^[j]measurements, which are also ^(S)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ The material of the wall was ^(T)jasper; and the city was ^(U)pure gold, like ^[k]clear ^(V)glass. ^19 (W)The foundation stones of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(X)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(Y)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(Z)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(AA)gates were twelve ^(AB)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(AC)pure gold, like transparent ^(AD)glass.

²² I saw ^(AE)no ^[l]temple in it, for the ^(AF)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(AG)Lamb are its ^[m]temple. ²³ And the city ^(AH)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(AI)the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the ^(AJ)Lamb. ^24 (AK)The nations will walk by its light, and the ^(AL)kings of the earth ^[n]will bring their glory into it. ²⁵ In the daytime (for ^(AM)there will be no night there) ^(AN)its gates ^(AO)will never be closed; ²⁶ and ^(AP)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; ²⁷ and ^(AQ)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[o]whose names are ^(AR)written in the Lamb’s book of life.

The River and the Tree of Life

22 And ^(A)he showed me a ^(B)river of the ^(C)water of life, ^[a]clear ^(D)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ^[b]the Lamb, ² in the middle of ^(E)its street. ^(F)On either side of the river was ^(G)the tree of life, bearing twelve ^[c]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ^3 (H)There will no longer be any curse; and ^(I)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will ^(J)serve Him; ⁴ they will ^(K)see His face, and His ^(L)name will be on their ^(M)foreheads. ⁵ And ^(N)there will no longer be any night; and they ^[d]will not have need ^(O)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will ^(P)reign forever and ever.