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Revelation 21:2-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
Revelation 21:2-14
New American Standard Bible 1995
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 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.”
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, “[c](N)It is 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 [d]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in (U)the lake that burns with fire and [e]brimstone, which is the (V)second death.”
9 (W)Then one of the seven angels who had the (X)seven bowls [f]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.”
The New Jerusalem
10 And (AB)he carried me away [g](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 [h]brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a (AF)stone of (AG)crystal-clear jasper. 12 [i]It had a great and high wall, [j](AH)with twelve (AI)gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, 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.
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- Revelation 21:3 Or tabernacle
- Revelation 21:3 One early ms reads, and be their God
- Revelation 21:6 Lit They are
- Revelation 21:8 Or untrustworthy
- Revelation 21:8 I.e. burning sulphur
- Revelation 21:9 Lit who were full
- Revelation 21:10 Or in spirit
- Revelation 21:11 Lit luminary
- Revelation 21:12 Lit having
- Revelation 21:12 Lit having
Revelation 21:2-14
New International Version
Revelation 21:2-14
New International Version
2 I saw the Holy City,(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(B) prepared as a bride(C) 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.(D) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(E) 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.(F) There will be no more death’[a](G) or mourning or crying or pain,(H) for the old order of things has passed away.”(I)
5 He who was seated on the throne(J) said, “I am making everything new!”(K) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”(L)
6 He said to me: “It is done.(M) I am the Alpha and the Omega,(N) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost(O) from the spring of the water of life.(P) 7 Those who are victorious(Q) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.(R) 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(S)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(T) This is the second death.”(U)
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(V) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,(W) the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away(X) in the Spirit(Y) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.(Z) 11 It shone with the glory of God,(AA) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,(AB) clear as crystal.(AC) 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,(AD) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.(AE) 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,(AF) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(AG) of the Lamb.
Footnotes
- Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8
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