^9 (A)Then one of the seven angels who have 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.”

New Jerusalem, the Holy City

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 precious stone, as a ^(J)stone of ^(K)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [d]It had a great and high wall. ^[e]It had ^(L)twelve ^(M)gates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names ^[f]have been written on those gates, 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 ^(N)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(O)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me had a ^[g]gold measuring ^(P)rod to measure the city and its ^(Q)gates and its wall. ¹⁶ And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^[h]rod, ^[i]12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[j]144 cubits, according to ^(R)human ^[k]measurements, which are also ^(S)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ And the material of the wall was ^(T)jasper, and the city was ^(U)pure gold, like pure ^(V)glass. ^19 (W)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned 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 And I saw ^(AE)no sanctuary in it, for the ^(AF)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(AG)Lamb are its sanctuary. 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 illumined it, and its lamp is the ^(AJ)Lamb. ^24 (AK)And the nations will walk by its light, and the ^(AL)kings of the earth ^[l]will bring their glory into it. ^25 (AM)And its gates ^(AN)will never be closed by day, for ^(AO)there will be no night there; ²⁶ and ^(AP)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And ^(AQ)nothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[m]whose names are ^(AR)written in the Lamb’s book of life.