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^(A) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(B) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(C) in the Spirit^(D) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^{(E) 11} It shone with the glory of God,^(F) and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper,^(G) clear as crystal.^{(H) 12} It had a great, high wall with twelve gates,^(I) and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.^{(J) 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,^(K) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles^(L) of the Lamb.

²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,^(A) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^{[a] 21} The twelve gates^(B) were twelve pearls,^(C) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.^(D)

²² I did not see a temple^(E) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty^(F) and the Lamb^(G) are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^(H) gives it light,^(I) and the Lamb^(J) is its lamp. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.^(K)