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.